Depression is associated with early mortality and with an increased risk of developing
physical diseases that are more typically seen in the elderly. Moreover, depression may be …

Depression might be associated with accelerated cellular aging. However, does this result in
an irreversible state or is the body able to slow down or recover from such a process …

Major psychiatric disorders are linked to early mortality and patients afflicted with these
ailments demonstrate an increased risk of developing physical diseases that are …

Many psychiatric illnesses are associated with early mortality and with an increased risk of
developing physical diseases that are more typically seen in the elderly. Moreover, certain …

Background Depression is associated with an unusually high rate of aging-related illnesses
and early mortality. One aspect of “accelerated aging” in depression may be shortened …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most prevalent and debilitating psychiatric
disorders, with a large number of patients not showing an effective therapeutic response to …

Accumulating evidence suggests that telomeres may be a marker for biological aging and
telomere length may be affected by multifactorial influences, including cumulative exposure …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic, severe psychiatric illness with an incidence of
3% worldwide. MDD patients have a significantly impaired quality of life and reduced life …

Background Accelerated telomere shortening is associated with stress-related cell damage
and aging. Patients with depression have been shown to have shortened life expectancy …

Objectives Telomeres are structures at the extremity of chromosomes that prevents genomic
instability, and its shortening seems to be a hallmark of cellular aging. Past studies have …