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1. Alexithymia, resilience, somatic sensations and their relationships with suicide ideation in drug naïve patients with first-episode major depression: An exploratory study in the "real world" everyday clinical practice.

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De Berardis D, Fornaro M, Valchera A, Rapini G, Di Natale S, De Lauretis I, Serroni N, Orsolini L, Tomasetti C, Bustini M, Carano A, Vellante F, Perna G, Core L, Alessandrini M, Fraticelli S, Martinotti G, and Di Giannantonio M

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Adolescent, Adult, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Outpatients, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Sensation, Young Adult, Affective Symptoms complications, Depressive Disorder, Major psychology, Suicidal Ideation
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Aim: The present study is aimed at revaluating alexithymia, somatic sensations, resilience and their relationships with suicide ideation in drug naïve adult outpatients suffering from first episode major depression (MD)., Methods: Data of 103 adult outpatients (49 men, 56 women) with a diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 4th edition, text revision (DSM-IV-TR) diagnosis of MD were analysed. Alexithymia was measured using the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and resilience with the 25 items Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) whereas depression was evaluated using the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, somatic sensations with the Body Sensations Questionnaire and suicide ideation with Scale of Suicide Ideation (SSI)., Results: Gender comparisons between all demographic and clinical variables showed no significant differences in all variables. Subjects who were found positive for alexithymia showed higher scores on all clinical variables controlling for age, gender and duration of the current episode. In a linear regression model, lower scores on CD-RISC and Difficulty in Identifying Feelings dimension of TAS-20 were significantly predictive of higher scores on SSI., Conclusions: Alexithymia and low resilience were significant predictors of increased suicide ideation in a first MD episode. However, study limitations must be considered and future research needs are being discussed., (© 2019 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.)

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2020
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2. Alexithymia, resilience, somatic sensations and their relationships with suicide ideation in drug naive patients with first-episode major depression

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Massimiliano Bustini, Alessandro Carano, Alessandro Valchera, Serena Di Natale, Massimo Di Giannantonio, Giovanni Martinotti, Marco Alessandrini, Michele Fornaro, Domenico De Berardis, Gabriella Rapini, Ida De Lauretis, Silvia Fraticelli, Carmine Tomasetti, Laura Core, Giampaolo Perna, Laura Orsolini, Federica Vellante, Nicola Serroni, RS: MHeNs - R2 - Mental Health, De Berardis, D., Fornaro, M., Valchera, A., Rapini, G., Di Natale, S., De Lauretis, I., Serroni, N., Orsolini, L., Tomasetti, C., Bustini, M., Carano, A., Vellante, F., Perna, G., Core, L., Alessandrini, M., Fraticelli, S., Martinotti, G., and Di Giannantonio, M.

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Male, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, 0302 clinical medicine, Alexithymia, Outpatients, SERUM-LIPID LEVELS, CROSS-VALIDATION, Depression (differential diagnoses), SCALE, media_common, First episode, RISK, medicine.diagnostic_test, CONSTRUCT, C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Psychiatry and Mental health, Feeling, Pharmaceutical Preparations, suicide ideation, Female, Psychological resilience, Pshychiatric Mental Health, alexithymia, Psychology, Clinical psychology, medicine.drug, Adult, Adolescent, DISORDERS, media_common.quotation_subject, Sensation, emotion, emotions, Suicidal Ideation, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, Rating scale, medicine, Humans, Affective Symptoms, resilience, Biological Psychiatry, Depressive Disorder, Major, ADULT OUTPATIENTS, medicine.disease, AFFECTIVE AGNOSIA EXPANSION, CHRONIC PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS, 030227 psychiatry, Drug-naïve, major depression, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Aim The present study is aimed at revaluating alexithymia, somatic sensations, resilience and their relationships with suicide ideation in drug naive adult outpatients suffering from first episode major depression (MD). Methods Data of 103 adult outpatients (49 men, 56 women) with a diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 4th edition, text revision (DSM-IV-TR) diagnosis of MD were analysed. Alexithymia was measured using the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and resilience with the 25 items Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) whereas depression was evaluated using the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, somatic sensations with the Body Sensations Questionnaire and suicide ideation with Scale of Suicide Ideation (SSI). Results Gender comparisons between all demographic and clinical variables showed no significant differences in all variables. Subjects who were found positive for alexithymia showed higher scores on all clinical variables controlling for age, gender and duration of the current episode. In a linear regression model, lower scores on CD-RISC and Difficulty in Identifying Feelings dimension of TAS-20 were significantly predictive of higher scores on SSI. Conclusions Alexithymia and low resilience were significant predictors of increased suicide ideation in a first MD episode. However, study limitations must be considered and future research needs are being discussed.

Published
2020

3. Alexithymia, suicide ideation and homocysteine levels in drug naïve patients with major depression: a study in the real world clinical practice

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Massimo Di Giannantonio, Paola Annunziata Varasano, Domenico De Berardis, Nicola Serroni, Michele Fornaro, Serena Di Natale, Laura Orsolini, Alessandro Carano, Giovanni Martinotti, F. Vellante, Luigi Olivieri, Gabriella Rapini, Maurizio Pompili, Gabriella Lucidi Pressanti, Gianluca Serafini, Alessandro Valchera, De Berardis, D., Olivieri, L., Rapini, G., Di Natale, S., Serroni, N., Fornaro, M., Orsolini, L., Valchera, A., Carano, A., Vellante, F., Varasano, P. A., Pressanti, G. L., Serafini, G., Pompili, M., Martinotti, G., and Di Giannantonio, M.

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Alexithymia, Homocysteine, Affective symptom, 03 medical and health sciences, Behavioral Neuroscience, chemistry.chemical_compound, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, 0302 clinical medicine, Rating scale, Suicidal ideation, medicine, Pharmacology (medical), Depression (differential diagnoses), Affective symptoms, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Depression, Brief Report, medicine.disease, 030227 psychiatry, Psychiatry and Mental health, Drug-naïve, chemistry, Major depressive disorder, medicine.symptom, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Clinical psychology, medicine.drug
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Objective : This study was performed to elucidate relationships between alexithymia, suicide ideation and homocysteine levels in drug-naive outpatients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods : Sixty seven outpatients with MDD with melancholic features were evaluated by the means of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), the Scale of Suicide Ideation, and homocysteine levels. Results : Alexithymic subjects showed higher scores on all scales and higher homocysteine levels. Regression analysis shown higher homocysteine levels and TAS-20' "Difficulty in Describing Feelings" dimension, in turn being associated with higher suicide ideation. Conclusion : In conclusion, alexithymic MDD outpatients may characterize for homocysteine dysregulation that may be linked to suicide ideation, regardless depression' severity. However, study limitations are discussed and must be considered.

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2019

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