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| Title |
Taking the Perspective that a Depressive State Reflects Inflammation: Implications for the Use of Antidepressants
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00297 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jill Leslie Littrell |
| Abstract |
This paper reviews both the evidence that supports the characterization of depression as an inflammatory disorder and the different biochemical mechanisms that have been postulated for the connection between inflammation and depression. This association offers credible explanation for the short term efficacy of antidepressants, which have short term anti-inflammatory effects. Evidence for those anti-inflammatory effects is discussed. Evidence of the contrary long-term effects of antidepressants, which increase rather than decrease inflammation, is also reviewed. It is argued that this increase in inflammation would predict an increase in chronicity among depressed patients that have been treated with antidepressants drugs, which has been noted in the literature. A brief discussion of alternatives for decreasing inflammation, some of which have demonstrated efficacy in ameliorating depression, is presented. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 10 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 30% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 10% |
| Australia | 1 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 10% |
| Ireland | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 3 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 90% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 37 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 36 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 14% |
| Researcher | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 11% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 14% |
| Unknown | 8 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 16% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 8% |
| Psychology | 3 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 16% |
| Unknown | 13 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 29. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 March 2019.
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#1,294,408
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Outputs from Frontiers in Psychology
#2,661
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#8,433
of 254,890 outputs
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#46
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