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Taking the Perspective that a Depressive State Reflects Inflammation: Implications for the Use of Antidepressants
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...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3421432/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22912626 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00297 |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-34214322012-08-21 Taking the Perspective that a Depressive State Reflects Inflammation: Implications for the Use of Antidepressants Littrell, Jill Leslie Front Psychol Psychology 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. Frontiers Research Foundation 2012-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3421432/ /pubmed/22912626 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00297 Text en Copyright © 2012 Littrell. http://www.frontiersin.org/licenseagreement This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and subject to any copyright notices concerning any third-party graphics etc. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Littrell, Jill Leslie Taking the Perspective that a Depressive State Reflects Inflammation: Implications for the Use of Antidepressants |
title | Taking the Perspective that a Depressive State Reflects Inflammation: Implications for the Use of Antidepressants |
title_full | Taking the Perspective that a Depressive State Reflects Inflammation: Implications for the Use of Antidepressants |
title_fullStr | Taking the Perspective that a Depressive State Reflects Inflammation: Implications for the Use of Antidepressants |
title_full_unstemmed | Taking the Perspective that a Depressive State Reflects Inflammation: Implications for the Use of Antidepressants |
title_short | Taking the Perspective that a Depressive State Reflects Inflammation: Implications for the Use of Antidepressants |
title_sort | taking the perspective that a depressive state reflects inflammation: implications for the use of antidepressants |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3421432/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22912626 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00297 |
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