Article
Psychology, Clinical
Erika F. H. Saunders, Dahlia Mukherjee, Daniel A. Waschbusch, Duanping Liao, Amanda M. Pearl, Errol Aksu, Edward O. Bixler
Summary: The use of structured interviews helped physicians identify major depressive disorder by the second visit in patients with complex psychopathology. Patients with high complexity/severity of symptoms and more difficulty with functioning were less commonly identified with bipolar disorder even with the assistance of a structured interview.Structured assessment tools may improve the detection of psychiatric illness by clinicians at the first visit.
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Satabdi Chakraborty, Triptish Bhatia, Nitin Antony, Aratrika Roy, Vandana Shriharsh, Amrita Sahay, Jaspreet S. Brar, Satish Iyengar, Ravinder Singh, Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar, Smita Neelkanth Deshpande
Summary: The Indian Autism Screening Questionnaire (IASQ) is a tool for screening children with autism in the community, with satisfactory sensitivity, specificity and concordance. The ISAA also showed a high concordance with CARS2.
Article
Psychiatry
John de Back Jr, Erin P. Vaughan, Emily C. Kemp, Paul J. Frick, Emily L. Robertson, Toni M. Walker, Paige Picou
Summary: Due to the need for early identification of bipolar spectrum disorders, the newly developed Mood Disorder Assessment Schedule (MDAS) was tested in a sample of 396 inpatient adolescents. The MDAS showed stronger clinical utility than the standard diagnostic interview in identifying individuals at risk for bipolar spectrum disorders. This promising diagnostic tool may facilitate earlier diagnosis and prevent harmful effects of improper treatment.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
James A. Karantonis, Susan L. Rossell, Sean P. Carruthers, Philip Sumner, Matthew Hughes, Melissa J. Green, Christos Pantelis, Katherine E. Burdick, Vanessa Cropley, Tamsyn E. Van Rheenen
Summary: The study found that cross-diagnostic cognitive subgroups of individuals with SSD and BD did not appear to be clearly distinguished by patterns in brain morphology, with only some differences evident in specific brain regions.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Xiao-Meng Xie, Sha Sha, Robert D. Smith, Sixiang Liang, Gabor S. Ungvari, Silvia Amoretti, Gang Wang, Yu-Tao Xiang, Eduard Vieta
Summary: The study aimed to test the psychometric properties of the Cognitive Reserve Assessment Scale in Health (CRASH) in mood disorder patients. The results showed that the CRASH demonstrated good internal consistency, sensitivity, and specificity and was correlated with functional outcomes. The study suggests that the CRASH is a useful tool for assessing cognitive reserve in mood disorder patients.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
K. W. Miskowiak, A. E. Jespersen, K. Obenhausen, P. Hafiz, E. Hestbaek, L. Gulyas, L. Kessing, J. E. Bardram
Summary: ICAT is a sensitive and valid web-based tool for assessing cognition in patients with bipolar disorder, showing correlations with SCIP scores. Lower ICAT scores are associated with more subjective cognitive complaints and poorer psychosocial functioning.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Gordon Parker, Michael J. Spoelma, Gabriela Tavella, Martin Alda, David L. Dunner, Claire O'Donovan, Janusz K. Rybakowski, Adam Bayes, Verinder Sharma, Philip Boyce, Vijaya Manicavasagar
Summary: The study developed a new measure for identifying bipolar disorder, comparing the classification accuracy of a weighting rating scale with equivalent weightings for each item. Results showed that both methods had extremely high classificatory accuracy, and identified optimal cut-off scores for diagnosis.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Xu Chen, Hong Cai, Wei Bai, Sha Sha, Teris Cheung, Gabor S. Ungvari, Yuan Feng, Yu-Tao Xiang, Jules Angst
Summary: The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the 33-item Hypomania Checklist-External Assessment (HCL-33-EA) in depressed adolescents. The study found that HCL-33-EA showed high internal consistency and could be a useful tool for screening for BD in depressed adolescents, but further refinement is needed when applying it to young patients.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Kounseok Lee, Hye-Kyung Lee, Sunhae Kim, Seok Hyeon Kim
Summary: The study found that evening-type university students were more likely to experience hypomanic symptoms, while there was no significant difference between intermediate-type and morning-type groups among male students. The evening-type group had a higher positive response rate for most items in the MDQ.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2021)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
James T. Nugent, Christine Bakhoum, Lama Ghazi, Jason H. Greenberg
Summary: This study compares the frequency of hypertension screening at health maintenance visits between children with and without autism.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Rachel F. L. Walsh, Logan T. Smith, Madison K. Titone, Tommy H. Ng, Namni Goel, Lauren B. Alloy
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the association between activity levels and inter-episode depressive symptoms in bipolar spectrum disorders (BSD). The results showed that an increase in vigorous activity was associated with a reduction in subsequent depressive symptoms for individuals with BSD.
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yao Zhang, Wen Li, Wu-Yang Zhang, Fan He, Hong-Ping Pan, Teris Cheung, Gabor S. Ungvari, Shuying Li, Yu-Tao Xiang, Jules Angst
Summary: The study found that the HCL-33 is a useful screening instrument with relatively good accuracy to distinguish BD from MDD in adolescents, but further modifications and refinements are needed to better suit adolescent patients.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Alena A. Kozlova, Anastasia N. Vaganova, Roman N. Rodionov, Raul R. Gainetdinov, Nadine Bernhardt
Summary: The study aimed to explore the associations between DDAH1, DDAH2, and biological processes implicated in major psychiatric disorders. The results showed no significant differences in the expression levels of DDAH1 and DDAH2 in schizophrenia or bipolar disorder patients compared to controls. However, functional shifts and altered co-expression gene patterns were observed in patients.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Victor Ardulov, Victor R. Martinez, Krishna Somandepalli, Shuting Zheng, Emma Salzman, Catherine Lord, Somer Bishop, Shrikanth Narayanan
Summary: This research utilizes machine learning models and Q-learning algorithm to construct clinical tools with interpretability and robustness, aiding in complex clinical diagnoses. Through simulating the differentiation process of developmental disorders in children, it demonstrates how to train more robust classifiers by maximizing accuracy and minimizing information required.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Che-Sheng Chu, Shih-Jen Tsai, Ju-Wei Hsu, Kai-Lin Huang, Chih-Ming Cheng, Tung-Ping Su, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Ya-Mei Bai, Chih-Sung Liang, Mu-Hong Chen
Summary: The study found that the progression rate from ADHD to BD is 5.12% among adolescents and young adults. Risk factors for progression include older age, comorbidity with other mental disorders, and alcohol use. Protective factors identified were male sex and certain personality disorders.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Danica C. Slavish, Jessica R. Dietch, Heidi S. Kane, Brett A. Messman, Odalis Garcia, Joshua F. Wiley, Yang Yap, Kimberly Kelly, Camilo Ruggero, Daniel J. Taylor
Summary: This study explored the bidirectional associations between daily stress and sleep among nurses, finding that higher stress predicted shorter sleep time and lower sleep efficiency, while shorter sleep and lower sleep efficiency predicted higher stress the following day. Additionally, night shift workers may be less sensitive to the effects of short sleep on next-day stress.
JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Colin G. DeYoung, Roman Kotov, Robert F. Krueger, David C. Cicero, Christopher C. Conway, Nicholas R. Eaton, Miriam K. Forbes, Michael N. Hallquist, Katherine G. Jonas, Robert D. Latzman, Craig Rodriguez-Seijas, Camilo J. Ruggero, Leonard J. Simms, Irwin D. Waldman, Monika A. Waszczuk, Thomas A. Widiger, Aidan G. C. Wright
Summary: In this commentary, the authors address questions and misconceptions raised by Haeffel et al. regarding the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP). They explain the descriptive and atheoretical nature of the system, its organization based on patterns of covariation among signs and symptoms of psychopathology, and its falsifiability and responsiveness to data. The authors also discuss the external validity and utility of HiTOP in scientific and clinical settings, as well as its current use in clinics.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Monika A. Waszczuk, Christopher J. Hopwood, Benjamin J. Luft, Leslie C. Morey, Greg Perlman, Camilo J. Ruggero, Andrew E. Skodol, Roman Kotov
Summary: Personality traits can significantly predict future mental health and functioning outcomes beyond past and current psychiatric diagnoses. Conversely, past psychiatric diagnoses do not provide incremental prediction of outcomes when personality traits and other concurrent predictors are already included in the model.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Danica C. Slavish, Ateka A. Contractor, Jessica R. Dietch, Brett Messman, Heather R. Lucke, Madasen Briggs, James Thornton, Camilo Ruggero, Kimberly Kelly, Marian Kohut, Daniel J. Taylor
Summary: This study examined the daily sleep patterns of nurses in relation to their psychological and physical health. It found that most nurses had good overall sleep, while a minority experienced poor sleep quality and nightmares. Nurses with poor overall sleep or nightmares were more likely to be shift workers and had higher levels of stress, PTSD symptoms, depression, anxiety, and insomnia severity. The severity of insomnia and levels of inflammatory marker IL-6 were associated with an increased likelihood of poor overall sleep.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Roman Kotov, David C. Cicero, Christopher C. Conway, Colin G. DeYoung, Alexandre Dombrovski, Nicholas R. Eaton, Michael B. First, Miriam K. Forbes, Steven E. Hyman, Katherine G. Jonas, Robert F. Krueger, Robert D. Latzman, James J. Li, Brady D. Nelson, Darrel A. Regier, Craig Rodriguez-Seijas, Camilo J. Ruggero, Leonard J. Simms, Andrew E. Skodol, Irwin D. Waldman, Monika A. Waszczuk, David Watson, Thomas A. Widiger, Sylia Wilson, Aidan G. C. Wright
Summary: The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) is a quantitative approach to psychiatric nosology that identifies psychopathology constructs based on patterns of co-variation among signs and symptoms. HiTOP is a living model that undergoes revision as new data become available. It has advantages in psychiatric practice and research and can contribute to progress in psychiatry and complement traditional nosologies. It also facilitates research on genetic and environmental causes of psychopathology, as well as the search for neurobiologic mechanisms and novel treatments. It has implications for public health programs and prevention of mental disorders.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Katherine Jonas, Wenxuan Lian, Jennifer Callahan, Camilo J. Ruggero, Sean Clouston, Avraham Reichenberg, Gabrielle A. Carlson, Evelyn J. Bromet, Roman Kotov
Summary: This study traced the cognitive development of individuals with schizophrenia from elementary school to old age and found that cognitive trajectories in schizophrenia are consistent with both a neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative pattern. Cognitive decline begins long before the onset of psychosis and accelerates in the third decade of illness.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Daniel J. Taylor, Jessica R. Dietch, Sophie Wardle-Pinkston, Danica C. Slavish, Brett Messman, Camilo J. Ruggero, Kimberly Kelly
Summary: This study examines the reliability and validity of the DSM-5 informed Shift Work Disorder Index (SWDI) in nurses and finds that shift work and/or SWD are prevalent and associated with worse sleep and psychosocial health.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Jiah Yoo, Danica Slavish, Jessica R. Dietch, Kimberly Kelly, Camilo Ruggero, Daniel J. Taylor
Summary: This study aims to naturalistically measure sleep disturbances following stress exposure and stress responses following sleep disturbances, and prospectively examine these reactivity measures as individual risk factors for insomnia. The results show that baseline sleep reactivity and stress reactivity independently as well as jointly predict more severe insomnia symptoms 11 months later.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Heather R. Farmer, Danica C. Slavish, John Ruiz, Jessica R. Dietch, Camilo J. Ruggero, Brett A. Messman, Kimberly Kelly, Marian Kohut, Daniel J. Taylor
Summary: Individuals from minoritized racial/ethnic groups have higher levels of circulating inflammatory markers, and there are differences in inflammatory markers by race/ethnicity. Sleep parameters also have varied associations with inflammatory markers depending on race/ethnicity.
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Danica C. Slavish, Camilo J. Ruggero, Madasen Briggs, Brett A. Messman, Ateka A. Contractor, Jiaju Miao, Joshua R. Oltmanns, Monika A. Waszczuk, Benjamin J. Luft, Roman Kotov
Summary: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms significantly affect sleep quality. It has been found that insomnia symptoms, nightmares, and poor sleep quality may worsen the severity of PTSD symptoms. Understanding the interplay between PTSD and sleep is crucial for informing effective treatments.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Joshua R. Oltmanns, Camilo Ruggero, Jiaju Miao, Monika Waszczuk, Yuanyuan Yang, Sean A. P. Clouston, Evelyn J. Bromet, Benjamin J. Luft, Roman Kotov
Summary: The present study examined self-reports versus informant-reports of personality and their associations with health outcomes. The findings suggest that informant-reports of personality provide better validity for objective health outcomes, while self-reports are uniquely related to stressful events and functioning.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Meeting Abstract
Clinical Neurology
Saylor Jordan, Danica Slavish, Jessica Dietch, Brett Messman, Daniel Taylor, Kimberly Kelly, Camilo Ruggero, Patricia Haynes, John Ruiz
Meeting Abstract
Psychiatry
Samantha M. Nagy, Daniel J. Taylor, Jessica R. Dietch, Danica C. Slavish, Brett Messman, Camilo J. Ruggero, Kimberly Kelly
PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychology
Gabriella Imbriano, Monika Waszczuk, Suparna Rajaram, Camilo Ruggero, Jiaju Miao, Sean Clouston, Benjamin Luft, Roman Kotov, Aprajita Mohanty
Summary: This study examined attentional biases to negative stimuli and their relationship with memory biases in individuals with PTSD. The results showed that greater severity of PTSD symptoms was associated with slower encoding of negative words during focused attention, but better recall of negative words compared to neutral words. These findings suggest that directing attention towards negative stimuli and enhancing their recall may be important targets for PTSD treatment.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
David Watson, Miriam K. Forbes, Holly F. Levin-Aspenson, Camilo J. Ruggero, Yuliya Kotelnikova, Shereen Khoo, R. Michael Bagby, Matthew Sunderland, Praveetha Patalay, Roman Kotov
Summary: The study aimed to create a comprehensive self-report measure for internalizing symptoms by developing initial scales, resulting in 39 scales with a total of 213 items. The psychometric properties of the scales were consistent across different samples, and the associations with neuroticism and extraversion varied among the internalizing scales.