Relevance of pharmacogenetic analyses and therapeutic drug monitoring of antidepressants for an individualized treatment of peripartum psychopathology.

Objective: Psychiatric disorders burden the peripartum period, often requiring psychopharmacological treatment, including antidepressants. Efficacy and tolerability of antidepressants are influenced by the physiological changes of the peripartum and individual metabolic profiles, which in turn can be modified by pregnancy. The objective of this study is to assess the relationship between antidepressants' pharmacokinetic profiles during pregnancy and individual metabolic profiles, along with the efficacy of the treatment.

Correlation between pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Selective Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors and maternal and neonatal outcomes: Results from a naturalistic study in patients with affective disorders.

Objective: Some studies have linked the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and selective serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs/SNRIs) to the risk of perinatal complications. This study explored the relationship between pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics, SSRIs/SNRIs tolerability and effectiveness and maternal and newborn outcomes.

Methods: Fifty-five pregnant women with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) diagnoses of affective disorders, treated with SSRIs/SNRIs, were recruited and, during the third trimester, their blood samples were collected for pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetic analyses.

Effectiveness, tolerability, and dropout rates of vortioxetine in comorbid depression: A naturalistic study.

Objective: Vortioxetine is a novel antidepressant whose safety, tolerability, and therapeutic action have been supported by several studies. The present naturalistic study aimed to characterize its effectiveness, tolerability, and dropout rate in the real world.

Methods: Total sample consisted of 66 outpatients with major depressive episode, treated with vortioxetine, whose clinical variables were evaluated over three time points.

Duration of untreated illness and depression severity are associated with cognitive impairment in mood disorders.

In this study we estimated the rate and the trajectory of cognitive impairment in a naturalistic sample of outpatients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) and its correlation with different variables. An overall sample of 109 outpatients with MDD or BD was assessed for multiple clinical variables, including duration of untreated illness (DUI), and tested using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) during Major Depressive Episodes (MDE) and after remission. Correlations between MoCA scores and the clinical variables were then computed.

Clinical features and patterns of psychopharmacological prescription in bipolar patients with vs without anxiety disorders at onset.

Aim: Up to just over half of bipolar disorder (BD) patients report at least one-lifetime anxiety disorder (AD). In some, anxiety represents the earliest psychiatric manifestation, prior to any mood episode. We sought to investigate prevalence of AD subtypes as first psychiatric manifestations and AD's relations with duration of untreated illness (DUI) and treatment among BD outpatients.

Using network analysis to explore cognitive domains in patients with unipolar versus bipolar depression: a prospective naturalistic study.

Objective: Despite growing evidence in the field of cognitive function in mood disorders, the neurocognitive profiles of patients with unipolar and bipolar depression still need further characterization. In this study, we applied network analysis, hypothesizing this approach could highlight differences between major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) from a cognitive perspective.

Methods: The cognitive performance of 109 patients (72 unipolar and 37 bipolar depressed outpatients) was assessed through the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and a series of clinical variables were collected.

Alexithymia and Psychopathology in Patients Suffering From Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Arising Differences and Correlations to Tailoring Therapeutic Strategies.

Comorbidity with anxiety or depression is common in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) as Crohn Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Data suggest that the cognitive construct of alexithymia has high prevalence in people suffering from anxiety and mood disorders and even in people with IBD. Most studies have investigated mainly anxiety and depression, considering IBD population as a homogeneous group of patients.

Slow vs standard up-titration of paroxetine in the treatment of panic disorder: a prospective randomized trial.

Aim: Patients with panic disorder (PD) might be sensitive to the stimulating effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), thus requiring low dosages at treatment initiation. The aim of the present study was to assess eventual differences in terms of effectiveness and tolerability between a slow up-titration with paroxetine and a standard one.

Methods: In an open randomized, multicenter, primary-care study, 60 patients (44 women and 16 men) with PD with or without agoraphobia were enrolled and randomized to receive a slow up-titration with paroxetine (increments of 2.