Multi-center study of seasonal affective disorders in Japan. A preliminary report

Takahashi, Keiichi; Asano, Yasukazu; Kohsaka, Masako; Okawa, Masako; Sasaki, Mitsuo; Honda, Yoshiyuki; Higuchi, Tetsuya; Yamazaki, Jun; Ishizuka, Y.; Kawaguchi, Koji; Ohta, Tetsuo; Hanada, Koichi; Sugita, Yoshiro; Maeda, Kiyoshi; Nagayama, Haruo; Kotorii, Tatayu; Egashira, Kazumichi; Takahashi, Saburo

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“…30 Increased appetite and carbohydrate craving in SAD has been observed to predominate in women. 31 Also in non-distressed individuals, mood has been found to correlate with cravings for carbohydrate-rich foods. 32 Wurtman et al 33 have claimed that subjects with depressive moods linked to deficient serotonergic function, such as SAD and pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS), 'self-medicate' by consuming carbohydrate-rich foods in order to increase brain serotonin activity.…”

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Intake of sweet foods and counts of cariogenic microorganisms in relation to body mass index and psychometric variables in women

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OBJECTIVE: As a part of the SPAWN (Stockholm Pregnancy and Women's Nutrition) study, the intake of sweet foods (habitual and pre-menstrual intakes) and the number of cariogenic microorganisms in saliva was analysed in relation to body mass index (BMI) and psychometric variables. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS: Three hundred and sixty-two women with a median BMI of 24.2 kg=m 2 (range 17.5 -47.8) and 45 y of age (range 34 -64). METHODS: A questionnaire of sweet food intake, salivary counts of mutans streptococci and lactobacilli and a self-rating scale on psychometric variables (CPRS-S-A). RESULTS: The number of mutans streptococci correlated with BMI (P < 0.05), indirectly indicating a higher intake of sweet foods in obese women. The reported energy intake of sweet foods (more specifically the intake of chocolate), correlated with CPRS scores (P < 0.01), indicating that women with more severe psychiatric symptomatology have higher intakes of sweet foods. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that women with higher CPRS score have higher energy intakes of sweet foods, indicating a possible link between mood regulation and the intake of sweet food.

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“…Das von uns gefundene Geschlechtsverhältnis von Frauen:Män-ner=3,4:1 deckt sich weitgehend mit Ergebnissen aus vorangehenden Untersuchungen in Europa [50,55], Nordamerika [5,48] und Australien [6], in denen Werte von 3,5:1 bis 9:1 gefunden wurden. Lediglich in Asien scheint das Geschlechtsverhältnis mit 1,2:1 bis 1,9:1 niedriger zu sein [32,42,46].Wie bereits zuvor berichtet [52], war auch bei uns die Geschlechtsdifferenz bei Patienten mit bipolar affektiver Störung geringer ausgeprägt als bei unipolar Depressiven (bei uns 1,5:1 bzw. 5.0:1).…”

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“…Dekade und das Alter bei Diagnosestellung 10-18 Jahre später in der 4. oder am Beginn der 5. Dekade lag [6,38,39,46,50,54,55].…”

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“…Die klinischen und demographischen Charakteristika unseres Patientenkollektivs stehen in Übereinstim-mung mit den Ergebnissen bereits publizierter epidemiologischer Untersuchungen aus den USA [5,38,39,48],Australien [6], Norwegen [27], Japan [46], England [50] und der Schweiz [55] und können daher als diagnostische Orientierungshilfe fungieren. Die dargestellten Unterschiede zwischen den beiden Behandlungszentren sind am ehesten mit dem höheren Bekanntheitsgrad der SAD im Zeitraum der Untersuchung der Wiener Patienten zu erklären, weisen aber auf mögliche regionale Unterschiede im klinischen Bild der SAD hin, die für den Arzt sowohl eine diagnostische als auch eine therapeutische Herausforderung (z.…”

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Saisonal abhängige Depression in zwei deutschsprachigen Universitätszentren: Bonn, Wien Klinische und demographische Charakteristika

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Six hundred ten patients with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) were diagnosed and treated at the university hospitals for psychiatry in Bonn, Germany (1989-1992) and Vienna, Austria (1993-2001). The aim of this study was to compare our sample with other SAD populations in the literature and to investigate differences between the two study locations. We found female:male sex ratios of 5.0:1.0 in unipolar depressives and 1.5:1.0 in patients with bipolar affective disorder. Of our patients, 21.7% suffered from bipolar II disorder, and 1.3% were diagnosed as having bipolar I. Our patients obtained a mean global seasonality score (GSS) of 15.4. Women had a higher GSS than men (t = 2.127, P = 0.035), and Viennese patients had higher scores than patients in Bonn (t = 3.104, P = 0.002). Totals of 66.3% of all patients suffered from atypical depression and 17.8% from melancholic depression. Patients with atypical depression were more frequent in Vienna, whereas patients with melancholic depression predominated in Bonn (chi 2 = 54.952, df = 2, P < 0.001). The demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients described in this article confirm the findings of other epidemiological investigations obtained in non-German-speaking samples.

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“…Pensando nesta hipótese julga-se útil investigar um aspecto que já vem sendo há muito pesquisado na literatura mundial: a associação entre sintomas depressivos e alguma estação específica do ano KLINE;ROSENTHAL, 1986;BOOKER;HELLEKSON, 1992;TAKAHASHI;ASANO, 1991;CURCIO et al, 1996;FLECK et al, 2009). Alguns fatores são apontados pela literatura como decisivos na sazonalidade do humor: quantidade de luz, temperatura durante o dia e o aumento da umidade (BAEK et al, 2015).…”

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Investigando a associação entre sintomas e queixas depressivas com as estações do ano

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2015

Fractal, Rev. Psicol.

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Multi-center study of seasonal affective disorders in Japan. A preliminary report

Cited by 44 publications

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Intake of sweet foods and counts of cariogenic microorganisms in relation to body mass index and psychometric variables in women

Intake of sweet foods and counts of cariogenic microorganisms in relation to body mass index and psychometric variables in women

Saisonal abhängige Depression in zwei deutschsprachigen Universitätszentren: Bonn, Wien Klinische und demographische Charakteristika

Investigando a associação entre sintomas e queixas depressivas com as estações do ano

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