Femina P. Varghese

TL;DR: The data provide some support for similar health effects in depressed patients and patients with Cushing's disease or the metabolic syndrome; however, additional studies are needed relating systemic effects of depression to cortisol.

TL;DR: Evidence of HPA axis activation appears to have prognostic value and is associated with increased risk of depression relapse and even suicide, and future research in this area will focus on a better understanding of the etiology and long-term consequences of H PA axis activation in depressed patients.

TL;DR: The data suggest that industry bias may occur in randomized controlled trials in schizophrenia, and there appears to be several sources by which bias may enter clinical research, including trial design, control of data analysis and multiplicity/redundancy of trials.

TL;DR: Quetiapine appears to offer an option to reduce antipsychotic-induced sexual dysfunction for outpatients with schizophrenia and is associated with clinically and statistically significant improvement in ASEX total scores and PANSS total scores.

TL;DR: In this article , a special section on mental health clinicians with a personal lived experience of mental illness dedicated to the late Dr. Frederick J. Frese III is presented, with both empirical articles and personal narratives.