Influence of Different Antidepressants on Ocular Surface in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder.

Purpose: Several studies have previously reported the association between dry eye and depression along with the treatment of depression. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different antidepressant drugs on tear parameters in patients with major depressive disorder.

Methods: We recruited 132 patients who were using different antidepressants and 58 healthy controls.

Effects of Temperamental Characteristics on Depression-Anxiety Levels and the Quality of Life in Infertile Women.

Objective: It is known that the risk of anxiety disorders and depression in infertile women increases and their quality of life deteriorates. Temperamental characteristics are considered as predictors of mood disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate temperamental characteristics in infertile women and their effects on depression and anxiety levels, and the quality of life, and to reveal the differences and level of relationship compared to healthy women.

Facial emotion recognition deficits in patients with bipolar disorder and their healthy parents.

Background: There is evidence on deficits in facial emotion recognition (FER) in patients with bipolar disorder (BD), and these deficits may be present in individuals with genetic risk for BD. This study investigated facial emotion identification and discrimination abilities in patients with BD, their parents, and healthy controls.

Materials And Methods: This study included 38 patients with bipolar I disorder and 30 healthy controls for patients as well as 30 healthy mothers and 30 healthy fathers of these patients and 30 healthy controls who matched the mothers and fathers for age, gender, and education (total 188 participants).

Optical coherence tomography angiography findings of multiple sclerosis with or without optic neuritis.

: Nowadays, retinal microvascular structures can be investigated using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). We aimed to evaluate the probable vascular changes in the foveal and peripapillary regions of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).: A total of 20 patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and 24 healthy controls were recruited in this study.

Evaluation of dry eye disease in newly diagnosed anxiety and depression patients using anterior segment optical coherence tomography.

Background: We aimed to evaluate dry eye diseases (DED) in patients with newly diagnosed depression and anxiety patients.

Methods: Forty newly diagnosed depression, 35 anxiety patients, and 37 controls without any history of taking psychiatric drugs (or before the beginning of psychiatric medication) and topical ophthalmic drop use, were included in the study. All depression and anxiety diagnoses were performed by an experienced psychiatrist.

Relationship Among Coping Strategies, Quality of Life, and Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in Hemodialysis Patients.

Patients with hemodialysis face many physical and emotional stressors; yet little is known regarding coping strategies and their effects on patients' quality of life (QOL) and anxiety and depressive disorders. A total of 117 patients were enrolled in this cross-sectional study between October 2016 and April 2017. This study assessed QOL (Medical outcome short form 36-MOS 36), coping (Assessment Scale for Coping Attitudes-COPE) and psychiatric comorbidities in hemodialysis patients.

Evaluation of affective temperament and anxiety-depression levels in fibromyalgia patients: a pilot study.

Objective: Fibromyalgia (FM) patients have higher rates of depression and anxiety disorders than healthy controls. Affective temperament features are subclinical manifestations of mood disorders. Our aim was to evaluate the affective temperaments of FM patients and investigate their association with depression and anxiety levels and clinical findings.

Choroidal thickness in patients with fibromyalgia and correlation with disease severity.

Purpose: To evaluate and compare choroidal thickness in patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and healthy controls.

Methods: In this prospective, cross-sectional study, forty eyes of 40 patients with FM and 40 eyes of 40 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects were enrolled. FM was diagnosed according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria.