Serum Levels of Zinc, Albumin, Interleukin-6 and CRP in Patients with Unipolar and Bipolar Depression: Cross Sectional Study.

Unipolar (UD) and bipolar depression (BDD) show a high degree of similarity in clinical presentations, which complicates the differential diagnosis of these disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the serum levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin (Alb), and zinc (Zn) in patients with UD, BDD, and healthy controls (HC). A total of 211 samples were collected: 131 patient samples (65 UD and 68 BDD) and 80 HC.

Physical multimorbidity in psychiatric patients with personality disorders: Insights within the ICD-11 framework.

Objective: Recent research has revealed poor physical health among individuals with personality disorders (PDs). We aimed to compare chronic physical illnesses (CPI) and chronic physical multimorbidity (CPM) prevalence between the general population (GEP) and PD patients, and to explore the relationship between CPM and various aspects of PD, predominantly within the ICD-11 framework.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 126 PD patients and 126 matched controls from the GEP.

A complex interplay between autonomic symptoms and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.

Background: We evaluated the influence of symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress on the results of COMPASS-31 in a large population of people referred to the head-up tilt test (HUTT) and healthy controls (HC).

Methods: Nine hundred fifty-nine consecutive patients referred to HUTT and 518 HC were enrolled. All participants completed Composite Autonomic Symptom Score-31 (COMPASS-31).

The Role of Psychological Factors in the Outcome of In Vitro Fertilization in Women with Primary Infertility.

Introduction: Infertility is a multidimensional developmental crisis of the individual, couple, family and the population as a whole. This study concentrates on the psychological aspects of infertility treatment by in vitro fertilization (IVF). The aim of this study was to examine a connection between certain psychological factors - anxiety, depression, motivation for parenthood, styles of coping with stress - and the outcome of IVF.

Transplantation Psychiatry: an Overview.

Psychiatric consultation and evaluation is an important part of candidate selection for organ transplantation. Psychiatric assessment of patients undergoing transplantation procedure is done in pre- and post-transplantation periods, each one having its specifics. In the pre-transplantation period it is crucial to assess the patient's therapeutic adherence and the ability of understanding the treatment.

Electroconvulsive therapy - general considerations and experience in Croatia.

Despite controversy, ECT has been recognized as significantly effective for the treatment of mental disorders since 1938, when Cerletti and Bini introduced ECT in clinical psychiatric practice for treatment of schizophrenia. In the next period, indication for ECT switched more toward depression and catatonia. ECT was even banned from psychiatric training in 1960's, due to the anti-psychiatric movement, which were fortified by Oscar winning movie "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest".