A new review in nature Molecular Psychiatry debunks the long-believed but never-proven myth that depression is due to low serotonin. SSRI antidepressants likely work through other effects (+dopamine, protect brain/BDNF, regulate serotonin receptors, etc) nature.com/articles/s4138…

New paper from Mayo Clinic: Consider thyroid for treatment-resistant mood disorders as "alternative to other augmentation strategies such as atypical antipsychotics, lithium, or esketamine/ketamine." I'd start with T3 for mood, T4 for hypothyroidism psychiatrist.com/jcp/depression…

Careful use of thyroid hormones can be critical for treating #Bipolar or #Depression, and provide an alternative to atypical antipsychotics, lithium, or esketamine / ketamine. bit.ly/3QufzOx via American Society of Clinical Pschopharm (ASCP) | #Psychopharmacology #Psychiatry #PsychTwitter

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS, different from TMS!) relieved post-stroke depression with a large effect size in new meta-analysis of 12 trials. Meds, in contrast, don't work so well for post-stroke or vascular #depression pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35914485/

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New analysis warns against low dose brexpiprazole (Rexulti) in #Schizophrenia. Below 2 mg/day it mostly added side effects without any benefits. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35979228

Just a quick reminder that you can win a Nobel with an h-index = 29 (according to the usually inflated google scholar). Quantitative measures of scientific output are not the way to go to a bright future for humanity.

Opioids may enhance antipsychotic-induced sexual side effects. Here our last piece of work #suboxone #antipsychotics #priapism pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36200467/

What to do when clozapine doesn’t work in schizophrenia? Augment it with amisulpride (if you practice outside the US) suggests this new trial. U.S. FDA has approved an IV form for nausea - time to consider for #Schizophrenia ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cp… Here is the validation of the IADQ instrument from our team dr. Rodolfo Rossi. Results also show a high prevalence of adjustment disorder during the first years of the covid pandemic in Italy. #adjustmentdisorder #affectivedisorders #CFA #epidemiology

sciencedirect.com/science/articl… here is the last piece of work from our team dr. Rodolfo Rossi. Results show a direct effect of post-traumatic symptomatology on suicidal risk, as measured by hopelessness #trauma #suicidality #mutligroupSEM

Concluded our first Italian Summer School in Network Analysis! Special thanks to Sacha Epskamp who came to us from Singapore to share has precious experience, Michela Zambelli and Giulio Costantini for delivering great lectures and workshops, @unicatt for organization, 1/2

WOW! Great fun learning in Vienna🇦🇹 during the WPA ECPs Quiz! 📱 Congrats to all the winners #WCP23

The role of #metaverse on #sexualhealth of people with disabilities👉 rdcu.be/dufic @ELimoncin Sapienza Università di Roma Andrea Sansone, MD, Andrologist Tommaso B. Jannini, MD Giacomo Ciocca Università di Roma Tor Vergata Emmanuele A. Jannini

New Paper 📰#Pornography and sexual function in the post #pandemic period: a narrative review from psychological, psychiatric, and sexological perspectives👉rdcu.be/dvkHX Andrea Sansone, MD, Andrologist Dr. Martin Katzman Tommaso B. Jannini, MD Cobi Reisman @ELimoncin Emmanuele A. Jannini Università di Roma Tor Vergata

Super proud of our Network Analysis Summer School 2023 student Tommaso B. Jannini, MD who published a great work applying his new methodological skills: link.springer.com/article/10.100… Giulio Costantini Michela Zambelli Sacha Epskamp News on the 2024 edition of the School are coming soon! Stay tuned!

link.springer.com/article/10.100…). In our last piece of work we show how older people mitigate the impact of apprehension about unfavorable events on quality of life, possibly due to a greater social capital dr. Rodolfo Rossi #socialdeterminants #age #anxiety

Our new study maps the links between complex PTSD and psychotic-like experiences in adolescents. Using NA & DAGs, we found that affective dysregulation and negative self-concept are key in explaining the trauma-psychosis continuum dr. Rodolfo Rossi #trauma cambridge.org/core/journals/…

For those psycometricians interested into expanding the way of looking at data, this is definitely a must have

Here our last piece of work! dr. Rodolfo Rossi