Active clinical trials for "Depression"

In recent years damage to the nerve fibers in the retina has been experienced as an early sign of complications resulting from type 2 diabetes. In addition, it has been presented that people with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of developing brain diseases, such as mild memory impairment and Alzheimer's disease, as well as mental illness in the form of depression. The eye corresponds to be a protruding part of the brain which means the brain and the eye share common features. Currently it is time and cost consuming to asses changes in the brain, but recent research has shown that patient friendly eye examinations can detect nerve loss brain diseases. Recent studies have shown that depression can also have a physiological component, which can be measured by changes in structures in the retina of the eye. In this research project, we will conduct a clinical study, to assess whether there is an association between changes in the retina of the eye (e.g. vascular structure, retinal thickness and oxygen saturation) and mild memory impairment and depression respectively in people with type 2 diabetes. The clinical study will help to clarify the possibility of including patient-friendly eye examinations in the assessment of minimal memory impairment and depression in patients with type 2 diabetes. 200 people with type 2 diabetes will be invited to participate in a clinical cross-sectional study. The Funen Diabetes Database will be used as recruitment tool. Participants will undergo a thorough eye examination as well as neuropsychological examinations for signs of mild memory impairment. They will also complete questionnaires regarding depressive symptoms. Overall, the research project will help to create awareness in this area among both healthcare professionals and patients. Early risk detection could mean better diabetes care and fewer complications, which will have a major impact on quality of life and contribute to socio-economic gains. Any findings may contribute to the discussion of individualized screening and treatment if some individuals within this group are at increased risk of developing memory impairment or depression.

The goal of this observational study is to make a statement concerning the identification of depressive symptoms at the time of the realization of the G8 score in patients over 75 with cancer and followed in oncology. The main question it aims to answer are: Compare the medical hetero-evaluation of depressive symptoms via the G8 "neuro-psychiatric disorders" item score with a self-evaluation via the GDS-15 score Evaluate the number of patients over 75 treated with antidepressants Evaluate the proportion of patients with depressive symptoms according to the predisposing factors Compare the number of patients followed in oncogeriatrics over the period from 01/01/2022 to 02/28/2022 and the period from 01/01/2023 to 02/28/2023 Participants will complete a self-questionnaire (GDS-15 score) as well as a socio-demographic sheet.

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is associated with recurrent intractable abdominal pain, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and endocrine dysfunction. Very few studies had evaluated the quality of life in CP, and even a fewer have assessed the mental status in these patients. In the current study, we proposed to evaluate the the relationship between pain, quality of life and depression status in two large independent cohorts of patients with CP. We also proposed to evaluate the brain metabolites in the right and left anterior cingulate cortex, basal ganglia, hippocampus and prefrontal cortex using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. We further proposed to evaluate the pasta metabolites and look for associations with the mental state. Finally, we proposed to evaluate how CP related education of the patients could impact on their mental status and response to interventions on pain.

Antidepressants are widely used to prevent suicidal risk. However, even though the use of antidepressants has been associated with a 40-60% decrease in suicidal risk, they do not seem to be sufficient and appropriate. Indeed recent studies have shown that patients with a history of suicide attempt and/or with current suicidal ideation (SI) respond less well to antidepressant treatments. This suggests that patients with depression with SI may be different from those with depression without SI, thus requiring specific treatments for both SI reduction and depressive remission. In other words, suicidal depression may be a specific subtype of depression. The study aims to characterize the clinical phenotype of patients with suicidal depression vs. those without suicidal depression, and to assess the occurrence of suicidal events at one year in patients with suicidal depression vs. without suicidal depression. All data having already been collected during the particpation of patients in various clinical research studies of the department

To be aware of oneself as a unique entity in the world occurs early in human development and is the prerequisite of normal social functioning. The disturbance of self representation characterizes a variety of mental disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. Negative self-bias was found to serve as the core cognitive mechanism of depression disorder. However, there was no evidence to show the reason lead to negative bias. In the current study, investigators hypothesized that the blurring self representation was the neural correlates in depression disorder.

This study investigates stress-related signaling of glutamate and dopamine within the reward-processing circuit in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), and whether they can be used to predict depressive symptoms in the future. This will be achieved through various neuroimaging tools (MRS, fMRI, PET), behavioral tasks, and a naturalistic follow-up design.

Demonstrate that the IPREA3 program (Study: Impact of Multicomponent Intervention to Reduce Perceived Discomforts of the patients in intensive care) reducing discomforts perceived by the patients of intensive care, implemented at the level of the whole intensive care unit, reduce the incidence of the depressive symptoms one year after intensive care exit.

The current study evaluates psychological and physical health outcomes for active-duty service members following participation in an established surf therapy program. Participants complete assessments before and after the surf therapy program, as well as brief assessments before and after each surf therapy session.

This project aims to use sensors to monitor physiological signals, sleep patterns, vocal characteristics, activity, location and phone usage in study patients with depression who are receiving standard treatment (compared with healthy controls).

Anxiety and depression are highly prevalent and disabling conditions that frequently co-occur, and are costly to the individual and society. Despite important advances in our understanding of these disorders, there is a significant unmet need to identify reliable and clinically useful tests that can predict prognosis, inform treatment choice for a given individual, and improve treatment outcomes. The aim of this project is to fill this critical gap by validating a battery of measures including brain imaging, psychophysiology, behavior, and self-report that will reliably assess positive and negative affect, or valence, system functioning in a broad sample of individuals screened for anxiety and depression as part of their routine primary care visits.