The relationships of current suicidal ideation with inflammatory markers and heart rate variability in unmedicated patients with major depressive disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 258, Issue , 2017, Pages 449-456

  Chang, Chuan Chia ^a   Tzeng, Nian Sheng ^a,b   Kao, Yu Chen ^a   Yeh, Chin Bin ^a   Chang, Hsin An ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiac autonomic function; Inflammation, heart rate variability; Major depressive disorder; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH SENSITIVITY C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE (LANGUAGE); CHRONIC STRESS; COLUMBIA SUICIDE SEVERITY RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT RISK; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RATING SCALE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; BLOOD; DEPRESSION; HEART RATE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85028717063     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.08.076     Document Type: Article

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