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Mental Health and COVID-19: Early evidence of the pandemic’s impact
Introduction
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on the mental health and wellbeing of people around the world (1). While many individuals have adapted (2), others have experienced mental health problems, in some cases a consequence of COVID-19 infection (3–5). The pandemic also continues to impede access to mental health services and has raised concerns about increases in suicidal behaviour (6).
The aim of this scientific brief is to present current evidence regarding the mental health aspects of the ...
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Dietary Supplementations and Depression
Abstract: Depression is a mood disturbance condition that occurs for more than two weeks in a row, leading to suicide. Due to adverse effects of depression, antidepressants and adjunctive therapies, such as dietary supplementation, are used for treatment. Therefore, this review explored and summarized dietary supplements’ types, dosages, and effectiveness in preventing and treating depression. A literature search of the PubMed database was conducted in August 2021 to identify studies assessing depression, after which scale measurements based on ...
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Dietary inflammatory potential and the incidence of depression and anxiety: a meta‑analysis
Abstract
The potential modifiable role of diet in common psychological disorders, including depression and anxiety, has
attracted growing interest. Diet may influence the occurrence of mental disorders through its inflammatory characteristics. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to explore whether dietary inflammatory potential is associated with the risk of depression and anxiety. A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase databases up to February 2021. ...
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Global Prevalence of Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Children and Adolescents During COVID-19 - AMeta-analysis
IMPORTANCE Emerging research suggests that the global prevalence of child and adolescent mental illness has increased considerably during COVID-19. However, substantial variability in prevalence rates have been reported across the literature.
OBJECTIVE To ascertain more precise estimates of the global prevalence of child and adolescent clinically elevated depression and anxiety symptoms during COVID-19; to compare these rates with prepandemic estimates; and to examine whether ...
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Diet and Anxiety: A Scoping Review
Abstract: Anxiety disorders are the most common group of mental disorders. There is mounting evidence demonstrating the importance of nutrition in the development and progression of mental disorders such as depression; however, less is known about the role of nutrition in anxiety disorders. This scoping review sought to systematically map the existing literature on anxiety disorders and nutrition in order to identify associations between dietary factors and anxiety symptoms or disorder prevalence as well as identify gaps and opportunities for further ...
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THE MICROBIOTA-GUT-BRAIN AXIS
The importance of the gut-brain axis in maintaining homeostasis has long been appreciated. However, the past 15 yr have seen the emergence of the microbiota (the trillions of microorganisms within and on our bodies) as one of the key regulators of gut-brain function and has led to the appreciation of the importance of a distinct microbiota-gut-brain axis. This axis is gaining ever more traction in fields investigating the biological and physiological basis of psychiatric, neurodevelopmental, age-related, and neurodegenerative disorders. The microbiota and the ...
