Exploring lag and duration effect of sunshine in triggering suicideFotios C Papadopoulos
Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, 75 M Asias str, Goudi, P O Box 11527, Athens, Greece
J Affect Disord 88:287-97. 2005
..Sunshine is considered to have a beneficial impact on mood. Interestingly, it has been consistently found that the incidence of suicide reaches a peak during early summer...
Childbearing and mortality among women with anorexia nervosaFotios C Papadopoulos
Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Int J Eat Disord 46:164-70. 2013
..To assess the association between childbearing and mortality from anorexia nervosa (AN)...
- Age at onset of anorexia nervosa and breast cancer risk
Fotios C Papadopoulos
Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Eur J Cancer Prev 18:207-11. 2009
..Late onset AN is likely to play a relatively less important role...
- Excess mortality, causes of death and prognostic factors in anorexia nervosa
Fotios C Papadopoulos
Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Br J Psychiatry 194:10-7. 2009
..Anorexia nervosa is a mental disorder with high mortality...
- Postpartum depressive symptoms and the BDNF Val66Met functional polymorphism: effect of season of delivery
Erika Comasco
Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Pharmacology, Uppsala University, and Centre for Clinical Research Västerås, Central Hospital, BMC, POB 593, 751 24, Uppsala, Sweden
Arch Womens Ment Health 14:453-63. 2011
..Our findings propose a role of the BDNF gene in the development of PPD symptoms, potentially mediated by season of delivery...
- A role of sunshine in the triggering of suicide
Eleni Petridou
Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, Greece
Epidemiology 13:106-9. 2002
..These findings indicate that sunshine may have a triggering effect on suicide, and suggests further research in the field of sunshine-regulated hormones, particularly melatonin...
- Seasonality patterns in postpartum depression
Sara M Sylvén
Department of Women s and Children s Health, Uppsala University, Sweden
Am J Obstet Gynecol 204:413.e1-6. 2011
..To investigate the possible association between postpartum depressive symptoms and season of delivery...
- Newborn gender as a predictor of postpartum mood disturbances in a sample of Swedish women
Sara M Sylvén
Department of Women s and Children s Health, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Arch Womens Ment Health 14:195-201. 2011
..The birth of a baby boy, however, gives the mother a higher risk of postpartum blues 5 days after delivery...
- Preventing suicide and homicide in the United States: the potential benefit in human lives
Fotios C Papadopoulos
Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Psychiatry Res 169:154-8. 2009
..Measures to restrict firearms availability should be highly prioritized in the public health agenda in order to achieve an impressive benefit in human lives...
- Postpartum depression symptoms: a case-control study on monoaminergic functional polymorphisms and environmental stressors
Erika Comasco
Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Psychiatr Genet 21:19-28. 2011
..The aim of this study is to examine whether genetic variations in the monoaminergic neurotransmitter system, together with environmental stressors, contribute to the development of PPD symptoms...
- Doping use among tertiary education students in six developed countries
Fotios C Papadopoulos
Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, 75 Mikras Asias Str, Goudi, Athens, Greece
Eur J Epidemiol 21:307-13. 2006
..There was evidence that high-risk behaviour and supplement use increased the risk of doping...
- Risk of postpartum depression in association with serum leptin and interleukin-6 levels at delivery: a nested case-control study within the UPPSAT cohort
Alkistis Skalkidou
Department of Women s and Children s Health, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Psychoneuroendocrinology 34:1329-37. 2009
..If these finding are replicated by other studies, leptin levels at delivery could eventually serve as a biological marker for the prediction of postpartum depression...
- Season as a possible confounding factor in reduced brain serotonin turnover following selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor therapy
Fotios C Papadopoulos
Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:1224-5; author reply 1225. 2008
