The hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis and personality in a sample of healthy subjects

Пискунов, А. К.; Escolano, Adela Fusté; Teryaeva, N. B.; Moshkin, A. V.; Ruiz, José María García

doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.10.023

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“…It has been suggested that thyroid hormones may be promising biomarkers of suicide risk in patients with depression ( 37 ). It has also been shown that inter-individual differences in serum thyroid hormone levels correlate significantly with specific aspects of personality, so thyroid hormone disorders can lead to unstable personality traits in individuals, which may consequently lead to impulsivity and negative behavior ( 38 ). However, the relationship between thyroid hormones and self-injurious behavior in depressed patients is still being studied.…”

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Relationship between thyroid hormone and sex hormone levels and non-suicidal self-injury in male adolescents with depression

Zhao

Niu

et al. 2022

Front. Psychiatry

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ObjectiveNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is the intentional and repeated direct injury to one’s bodily tissues or organs without the intent to die, which is not socially sanctioned and does not result in death. This study will be the first to explore the relationship between NSSI behavior and thyroid hormone and sex hormone levels in male adolescents with depression.MethodsAmong the inpatients in the children’s ward of Shandong Mental Health Center, eighty male patients with first-episode depressive disorder were randomly selected. Forty male adolescent depressed patients with NSSI behaviors were set as the NSSI group, and forty male adolescent depressed patients without NSSI behaviors were set as the No-NSSI group. Their thyroid hormones (free triiodothyronine, free thyroxine, and thyroid stimulating hormone) and sex hormones (estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone) were measured, and the severity of self-injury in the NSSI group was assessed using the Adolescent Self-Injury Questionnaire. The NSSI group was tested again after 6 weeks of sertraline treatment for biological indicators and assessed by the Self-Injury Questionnaire to compare the hormonal differences between the NSSI group and the No-NSSI group and compare the differences of each index before and after treatment in the NSSI group.ResultsT3/T4 (p = 0.001) and FT3 (p = 0.023), TSH levels (p < 0.001) were lower in the NSSI group than in the No-NSSI group before treatment, and FT4 (p = 0.036) and T (p < 0.001) levels were higher than in the No-NSSI group. T3/T4 levels were higher in the NSSI group after treatment (p < 0.001). FT4 (p < 0.001) and T (p = 0.001) levels and self-injury questionnaire scores (p < 0.001) decreased after treatment in the NSSI group. In the NSSI group at baseline, FT4 levels were negatively correlated with self-injury questionnaire scores (r = −0.459, p = 0.003) and testosterone levels were positively correlated with self-injury questionnaire scores (r = 0.383, p = 0.015), and in the NSSI group after treatment, FT4 difference was negatively correlated with self-injury questionnaire score reduction rate (r = −0.037, p = 0.019), and testosterone difference was positively correlated with self-injury questionnaire score reduction rate (r = 0.424, p = 0.006). Logistic regression analysis showed that low TSH and high testosterone levels were independent risk factors for the development of non-suicidal self-harming behaviors in male adolescent depressed patients.ConclusionChanges in thyroid hormone and sex hormone levels may be associated with non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in male adolescent depressed patients.

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