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A Randomized Sham-controlled Trial of 1-Hz and 10-Hz Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) of the Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Civilian Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

scientific article published on 07 May 2020

A comment on Fond and colleagues’ systematic review and meta-analysis of ketamine in the treatment of depressive disorders (Psychopharmacology 2014; Jul 20 [Epub ahead of print])

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of adjunctive ketamine in electroconvulsive therapy: efficacy and tolerability

scientific article

A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of ketamine in the rapid treatment of major depressive episodes

scientific article published on 10 July 2014

A systematic review of the safety and effectiveness of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of peripartum depression

scientific article published on 16 May 2019

Adjunctive ketamine in electroconvulsive therapy: updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 6 April 2017

An examination of DSM-IV depressive symptoms and risk for suicide completion in major depressive disorder: a psychological autopsy study

scientific article published on 18 July 2006

Are neuroticism and extraversion associated with the antidepressant effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)? An exploratory 4-week trial

scientific article published on 3 January 2013

Blood conservation in neurosurgery: erythropoietin and autologous donation

scientific article published in September 2014

Can sociodemographic and clinical variables predict the quality of life of outpatients with major depression?

scientific article published on 19 August 2008

Clinical Usefulness of Therapeutic Neuromodulation for Major Depression

scientific article published on 17 July 2018

Clinical efficacy and safety of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in acute bipolar depression

scientific article

Clinical equipoise in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a survey of physicians on the need for randomized controlled trials assessing the efficacy of cerebrospinal fluid diversion.

scientific article published on 4 September 2013

Comparative Effectiveness of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Unipolar and Bipolar Depression

scientific article published on 20 August 2020

Corrigendum to “A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of adjunctive ketamine in electroconvulsive therapy: Efficacy and tolerability” [J Psychiatr Res (2015) 62: 23–30]

scholarly article published in Journal of Psychiatric Research

Cortical functional hyperconnectivity in a mouse model of depression and selective network effects of ketamine

scientific article published in August 2017

Course and outcome following a first episode of mania: four-year prospective data from the Systematic Treatment Optimization Program (STOP-EM).

scientific article

Course of Major Depressive Disorder and Suicide Outcome

scholarly article by Alexander McGirr et al published 15 June 2008 in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Current psychiatric morbidity, aggression/impulsivity, and personality dimensions in child and adolescent suicide: a case-control study

scientific article published on 12 June 2007

Debates in medicine: global representation in medical discourse

scientific article

Depressogenic inferential styles, negative events, and depressive symptoms in youth: an attempt to reconcile past inconsistent findings

scientific article published on 28 March 2007

Deterministic learning and attempted suicide among older depressed individuals: cognitive assessment using the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task

scientific article published on 22 October 2011

Does idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) run in families?

scientific article published on 25 June 2016

Dysregulation of the sympathetic nervous system, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and executive function in individuals at risk for suicide

scientific article

Effectiveness and acceptability of accelerated repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treatment-resistant major depressive disorder: an open label trial

scientific article published on 11 November 2014

Effectiveness and acceptability of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subgenual cingulate cortex for treatment-resistant depression: a systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis

scientific article published on 17 February 2014

Effects of Low-Dose and Very Low-Dose Ketamine among Patients with Major Depression: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

scientific article published on 17 November 2015

Efficacy of theta burst stimulation (TBS) for major depression: An exploratory meta-analysis of randomized and sham-controlled trials

scientific article published on 21 February 2017

Electroconvulsive Therapy in Patients With Deep Brain Stimulators

scientific article published on 01 September 2014

Enhancing decision-making and cognitive impulse control with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) applied over the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC): A randomized and sham-controlled exploratory study

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Familial aggregation of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: novel familial case and a family study of the NPH triad in an iNPH patient cohort.

scientific article published on 23 August 2012

Familial aggregation of suicide explained by cluster B traits: a three-group family study of suicide controlling for major depressive disorder

scientific article published on 15 September 2009

Gender and Risk Factors for Suicide

Gender-specific suicide risk factors: a case-control study of individuals with major depressive disorder

scientific article published in December 2013

High frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as an augmenting strategy in severe treatment-resistant major depression: a prospective 4-week naturalistic trial

scientific article

High frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for major depression: Dissociated effects on psychopathology and neurocognition

scientific article

Idiopathic burning mouth syndrome: A common treatment-refractory somatoform condition responsive to ECT

scientific article published on 06 February 2014

Impulsive-aggressive behaviours and completed suicide across the life cycle: a predisposition for younger age of suicide.

scientific article published on 6 September 2007

Neurocognitive alterations in first degree relatives of suicide completers.

scientific article published on 25 July 2012

Neuroprogression and episode recurrence in bipolar I disorder: A study of gray matter volume changes in first-episode mania and association with clinical outcome

scientific article published in September 2016

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Operationalizing cognitive vulnerability and stress from the perspective of the hopelessness theory: a multi-wave longitudinal study of children of affectively ill parents

scientific article published in November 2007

Peripheral Nerve Ligation Elicits Widespread Alterations in Cortical Sensory Evoked and Spontaneous Activity

scientific article published on 25 October 2019

Personal and family history of suicidal behaviour is associated with lower peripheral cortisol in depressed outpatients

scientific article published on 19 November 2010

Personality Trait Predictive Utility and Stability in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Major Depression: Dissociation of Neuroticism and Self-Criticism

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Personality dimensions and deep repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (DTMS) for treatment-resistant depression: a pilot trial on five-factor prediction of antidepressant response

scientific article published on 30 January 2014

Prophylactic valproic acid treatment prevents schizophrenia-related behaviour in Disc1-L100P mutant mice

scientific article

Psychiatric services utilization in completed suicides of a youth centres population

scientific article published on 23 August 2006

Recent and lifetime utilization of health care services by children and adolescent suicide victims: a case-control study

scientific article published on February 2009

Recovery and recurrence following a first episode of mania: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospectively characterized cohorts

scientific article published on 03 March 2015

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treating major depression and schizophrenia: a systematic review of recent meta-analyses

scientific article

Resolution of High-Frequency Mesoscale Intracortical Maps Using the Genetically Encoded Glutamate Sensor iGluSnFR.

scientific article published on January 2016

Risk factors for completed suicide in schizophrenia and other chronic psychotic disorders: A case–control study

scientific article published on 19 April 2006

Risk factors for suicide completion in borderline personality disorder: a case-control study of cluster B comorbidity and impulsive aggression

Safety and efficacy of adjunctive second-generation antidepressant therapy with a mood stabiliser or an atypical antipsychotic in acute bipolar depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised placebo-controlled trials

scientific article published on 26 October 2016

Schizophrenia, Other Psychotic Disorders, and Suicidal Behaviour

Self-critical perfectionism is associated with increases in sympathetic indicators in a controlled laboratory stress paradigm.

scientific article published on 29 May 2009

Self-directed exploration provides a Ncs1-dependent learning bonus

scientific article

Social support in normal pressure hydrocephalus: unmet tangible social support.

scientific article published in January 2013

Specific Inhibition of Phosphodiesterase-4B Results in Anxiolysis and Facilitates Memory Acquisition ⬇️

scientific article

Specific Inhibition of Phosphodiesterase-4B Results in Anxiolysis and Facilitates Memory Acquisition.

scientific article

Structural brain changes in first episode mania with and without psychosis: Data from the Systematic Treatment Optimization Program for Early Mania (STOP-EM).

scientific article

Suicide and gambling: psychopathology and treatment-seeking

scientific article published in September 2010

Suicide, schizophrenia, and schizoid-type psychosis: role of life events and childhood factors

scientific article published on 19 January 2011

The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) Task Force Recommendations for the Use of Racemic Ketamine in Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Recommandations Du Groupe De Travail Du Réseau Canadien Pour Les Traitements De L'hume

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

The effect of genetic variation of the serotonin 1B receptor gene on impulsive aggressive behavior and suicide

scientific article

The relationship of impulsive aggressiveness to suicidality and other depression-linked behaviors

scientific article published on December 2007

The safety and efficacy of adjunctive ketamine in electroconvulsive therapy: Response to Drs. Fond and Boyer

scientific article

Theory of mind in subjects with major depressive disorder: is it influenced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation?

scientific article published on 22 September 2011

Using rodents to model schizophrenia and substance use comorbidity

scientific article published on 06 April 2013

What is specific to suicide in schizophrenia disorder? Demographic, clinical and behavioural dimensions

scientific article published on 22 October 2007

d-cycloserine blunts motor cortex facilitation after intermittent theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation: A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled crossover study

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

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