[HTML][HTML] Treatment resistance in psychiatry: state of the art and new directions

OD Howes, ME Thase, T Pillinger - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment resistance affects 20–60% of patients with psychiatric disorders; and is
associated with increased healthcare burden and costs up to ten-fold higher relative to …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating the neurodevelopmental and dopamine hypotheses of schizophrenia and the role of cortical excitation-inhibition balance

OD Howes, E Shatalina - Biological psychiatry, 2022 - Elsevier
The neurodevelopmental and dopamine hypotheses are leading theories of the
pathoetiology of schizophrenia, but they were developed in isolation. However, since they …

Schizophrenia—an overview

RA McCutcheon, TR Marques, OD Howes - JAMA psychiatry, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Schizophrenia is a common, severe mental illness that most clinicians will
encounter regularly during their practice. This report provides an overview of the clinical …

Innate immune dysfunction and neuroinflammation in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

HK Hughes, RJ Moreno, P Ashwood - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2023 - Elsevier
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder
characterized by communication and social behavior deficits. The presence of restricted and …

Psychiatric face of COVID-19

L Steardo Jr, L Steardo, A Verkhratsky - Translational psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a severe multiorgan
pathology which, besides cardio-respiratory manifestations, affects the function of the central …

Neuroimaging in schizophrenia: an overview of findings and their implications for synaptic changes

OD Howes, C Cummings, GE Chapman… - …, 2023 - nature.com
Over the last five decades, a large body of evidence has accrued for structural and metabolic
brain alterations in schizophrenia. Here we provide an overview of these findings, focusing …

The synaptic hypothesis of schizophrenia version III: a master mechanism

OD Howes, EC Onwordi - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
The synaptic hypothesis of schizophrenia has been highly influential. However, new
approaches mean there has been a step-change in the evidence available, and some tenets …

Neuroinflammation in psychiatric disorders: PET imaging and promising new targets

JH Meyer, S Cervenka, MJ Kim, WC Kreisl… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Neuroinflammation is a multifaceted physiological and pathophysiological response of the
brain to injury and disease. Given imaging findings of 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO) …

Markers of central inflammation in major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies examining cerebrospinal fluid, positron emission …

D Enache, CM Pariante, V Mondelli - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Increased peripheral inflammation has been consistently reported in patients
with major depressive disorder (MDD). However, only few studies have explored markers of …

Climate change, environment pollution, COVID-19 pandemic and mental health

D Marazziti, P Cianconi, F Mucci, L Foresi… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Converging data would indicate the existence of possible relationships between climate
change, environmental pollution and epidemics/pandemics, such as the current one due to …