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| Renerio FraguasSummaryAffiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital Country: USA Publications
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Autonomic reactivity to induced emotion as potential predictor of response to antidepressant treatmentRenerio Fraguas
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Psychiatry Res 151:169-72. 2007..These preliminary findings indicate that automatic responses to induced emotions may predict antidepressant response in MDD patients. Confirmatory studies are warranted...- Cardiovascular risk factors may moderate pharmacological treatment effects in major depressive disorderDan V Iosifescu
Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Psychosom Med 67:703-6. 2005..In this study, we measured the impact of cardiovascular risk factors on the outcome of antidepressant treatment in major depressive disorder (MDD)... - Major depressive disorder and comorbid cardiac disease: is there a depressive subtype with greater cardiovascular morbidity? Results from the STAR*D studyRenerio Fraguas
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Psychosomatics 48:418-25. 2007..Prospective studies are warranted to confirm these results... - Major depressive disorder with anger attacks and subcortical MRI white matter hyperintensitiesDan V Iosifescu
Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:175-8. 2007..Atypical and melancholic MDD subtypes were not significantly associated with brain WMH. In conclusion, subcortical brain vascular lesions may be more prevalent or severe in MDD with anger attacks... - Anger attacks in major depressive disorder and serum levels of homocysteineRenerio Fraguas
Depression Clinical and Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Biol Psychiatry 60:270-4. 2006..Increased levels of homocysteine have been associated with anger and depression separately. We investigated the association of anger attacks in major depressive disorder (MDD) with serum levels of homocysteine... - The detection of depression in medical setting: a study with PRIME-MDRenerio Fraguas
Department and Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Affect Disord 91:11-7. 2006..This study aimed to investigate the performance of the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) to detect MDD and any depression (threshold at SD) in an outpatient unit of a teaching general hospital... - Prevalence and clinical correlates of irritability in major depressive disorder: a preliminary report from the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression studyRoy H Perlis
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 66:159-66; quiz 147, 273-4. 2005..Irritability with or without depression has been associated with risk for suicide, violence, and cardiovascular disease... - Major depressive disorder and inflammatory markers in elderly patients with heart failureAnna Maria Andrei
Heart Institute, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Psychosomatics 48:319-24. 2007..No differences regarding tumor necrosis factor(alpha) or interleukin(6) were found among the three groups... - Major depressive disorder with anger attacks and cardiovascular risk factorsRenerio Fraguas
Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 37:99-111. 2007..Depression and anger have been separately associated with cardiovascular risk factors. We investigated if major depressive disorder (MDD) with concomitant anger attacks was associated with cardiovascular risk factors...