Mood Disorders Research
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Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) Program With Texas Adolescents: Depression, Anxiety, and Substance Use Outcomes
Conclusions: These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of YAM in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety among adolescents in North Texas.
Bupropion and Naltrexone in Methamphetamine Use Disorder
Conclusions: Among adults with methamphetamine use disorder, the response over a period of 12 weeks among participants who received extended-release injectable naltrexone plus oral extended-release bupropion was low but was higher than that among participants who received placebo.
Cross-Sectional Associations Among Symptoms of Pain, Irritability, and Depression and How These Symptoms Relate to Social Functioning and Quality of Life: Findings From the EMBARC and STRIDE Studies and the VitalSign6 Project
Conclusions: The P-FIBS is a brief and reliable measure of pain. Irritability is associated with pain and accounts for a large proportion of the effect of pain on depression. Symptoms of pain, irritability, and depression are associated with functional impairments.
Characterizing inflammatory profiles of suicidal behavior in adolescents: Rationale and design
Conclusions: Immune dysfunction has been associated with suicidality. This will be the first study to comprehensively assess this relationship in adolescents, and will include data collection over a 1-year of follow-up period. We hope the results will help us to better understand and treat suicide.