2023
The Relationship Between Acute Dissociative Effects Induced by Ketamine and Treatment Response in Adolescent Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression
Lineham A, Avila-Quintero V, Bloch M, Dwyer J. The Relationship Between Acute Dissociative Effects Induced by Ketamine and Treatment Response in Adolescent Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression. Journal Of Child And Adolescent Psychopharmacology 2023, 33: 20-26. PMID: 36799961, DOI: 10.1089/cap.2022.0086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-resistant depressionDepression symptom improvementAcute dissociative symptomsAntidepressant responseSymptom improvementRapid-acting antidepressant agentsSignificant associationDissociative symptomsLikelihood of responseDissociation symptomsMagnitude of associationDissociative effectsKetamine groupPediatric patientsCrossover trialPediatric populationAntidepressant agentsKetamine responseAdolescent patientsAdult studiesDepression responseSecondary data analysisTreatment responseDepressive symptomsTrial design
2021
Parental Age and the Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease in Offspring: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Szejko N, Macul Ferreira de Barros P, Avila-Quintero VJ, Lombroso A, Bloch MH. Parental Age and the Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease in Offspring: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Dementia And Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra 2021, 11: 140-150. PMID: 34178019, PMCID: PMC8216010, DOI: 10.1159/000515523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlzheimer's diseaseSystematic reviewParental ageRisk factorsPaternal ageRisk of ADLate Alzheimer's diseaseAdequate control groupsCohort studyPotential confoundersCommon causeCase controlControl groupElectronic databasesMeta-AnalysisVersion 16Significant associationDown syndromeDifferential riskDiseaseRelevant studiesAgeOlder parentsRiskMethodological limitations
2009
Dimensional predictors of response to SRI pharmacotherapy in obsessive–compulsive disorder
Landeros-Weisenberger A, Bloch MH, Kelmendi B, Wegner R, Nudel J, Dombrowski P, Pittenger C, Krystal JH, Goodman WK, Leckman JF, Coric V. Dimensional predictors of response to SRI pharmacotherapy in obsessive–compulsive disorder. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2009, 121: 175-179. PMID: 19577308, PMCID: PMC3974618, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.06.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderSRI responseSymptom dimensionsOpen-label continuation phaseClinical Global Improvement ScaleGlobal Improvement ScaleCentral serotonin systemInitial positive responseYale-Brown ObsessiveContinuation phaseMinor symptomsOrdinal logistic regressionClinical trialsSerotonin systemTreatment responseSame patientImprovement ScaleSRI treatmentPatientsSignificant associationLogistic regressionCompulsive ScaleOCD patientsOCD subjectsSymptoms