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2. Personalized linguistic summaries in smartphone-based monitoring of bipolar disorder patients.
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Katarzyna Kaczmarek-Majer, Olgierd Hryniewicz, Monika Dominiak, and Lukasz Swiecicki
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- 2019
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3. Smartphone as a monitoring tool for bipolar disorder: a systematic review including data analysis, machine learning algorithms and predictive modelling.
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Anna Antosik-Wójcinska, Monika Dominiak, Magdalena Chojnacka, Katarzyna Kaczmarek-Majer, Karol R. Opara, Weronika Radziszewska, Anna Olwert, and Lukasz Swiecicki
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- 2020
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4. Wpływ izolacji związanej z pandemią COVID-19 na zdrowie psychiczne
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Lukasz Swiecicki
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- 2022
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5. Perspectives for therapy of treatment‐resistant depression
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Wiesław Jerzy Cubała, Paul Willner, Lukasz Swiecicki, Mariusz Papp, and Adrian Newman-Tancredi
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Pharmacology ,Deep brain stimulation ,Depression ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,medicine.disease ,Bioinformatics ,Antidepressive Agents ,Somatic psychology ,Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant ,Mood disorders ,medicine ,Animals ,Antidepressant ,Ketamine ,Psychopharmacology ,business ,Treatment-resistant depression ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,medicine.drug - Abstract
A high proportion of depressed patients fail to respond to antidepressant drug treatment. Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is a major challenge for the psychopharmacology of mood disorders. Only in the past decade have novel treatments, including deep brain stimulation (DBS) and ketamine, been discovered that provide rapid and sometimes prolonged relief to a high proportion of TRD sufferers. In this review, we consider the current status of TRD from four perspectives: the challenge of developing an appropriate regulatory framework for novel rapidly acting antidepressants; the efficacy of non-pharmacological somatic therapies; the development of an animal model of TRD and its use to understand the neural basis of antidepressant non-response; and the potential for rapid antidepressant action from targets (such as 5-HT1A receptors) beyond the glutamate receptor.
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- 2021
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6. Recommendations for the prevention and treatment of postpartum depression
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Paweł Mierzejewski, Marta Baron, Anna Z. Antosik-Wójcińska, Lukasz Swiecicki, and Monika Dominiak
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Adult ,Postpartum depression ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Depression ,business.industry ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Disease ,Social issues ,medicine.disease ,Depression, Postpartum ,Pregnancy Complications ,Competence (law) ,Pregnancy ,Risk Factors ,Family medicine ,Scale (social sciences) ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,Humans ,Female ,Poland ,business ,Perinatal Depression ,Depression (differential diagnoses) - Abstract
Epidemiological data clearly indicate that depression is becoming an increasingly important health and social problem today. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression currently affects 350 million people worldwide and is considered the second most common cause of disability in Europe after ischemic heart disease. It is estimated that this health problem may affect as many as five million people in Poland. The gap between the reported number of patients treated and the prevalence of depression, highlights the scale of unmet needs. With the limited availability of specialists in psychiatric care, the most appropriate measures seem to be those aimed at increasing the competence of doctors of other specialties in the diagnosis and treatment of depression. Early detection and treatment results in faster remission, reduces relapses and mortality. The recommendations concerning prevention of depression were commissioned by the Polish Ministry of Health as a part of the Depression Prevention Program for 2016-2020. The Program has developed recommendations addressed to specialists in various fields of medicine, other than psychiatry, focusing on three risk groups: children and adolescents, women in the perinatal period and the elderly. These recommendations focus on the management of suspected postpartum depression and provide specific guidelines for medical staff having contact with pregnant and postpartum women (gynecologists, midwives, pediatricians).
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- 2021
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7. Depression and loneliness may predict work inefficiency among professionally active adults
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Lukasz Swiecicki, Przemysław Bieńkowski, Halina Sienkiewicz-Jarosz, Łukasz Mokros, and Piotr Świtaj
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Adult ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Depression ,Loneliness ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Humans ,Social Support ,Middle Aged - Abstract
Both depression and loneliness have been recognized as major public health issues, yet investigation into their role among young and middle-aged, professionally active persons is still required. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether depression and loneliness may independently predict inefficiency at work among professionally active adults.This is a cross-sectional study on a representative, nationwide sample. 1795 questionnaires were gathered from among professionally active adults from Poland from 1 to 31 July 2018 with a direct pen-and-paper interview. The sample was chosen by means of the stratified random method. The survey included a Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) to measure depression and questions, devised by the authors, relating to loneliness and inefficiency at work. Regression models were constructed with depression and loneliness as predictors of inefficiency at work, unadjusted and adjusted for selected sociodemographic, health- and work-related factors.In the unadjusted models, both depression and loneliness were independently associated with an increase of work inefficiency and absence from work, with effect sizes being higher for loneliness than for depression. After accounting for the control variables (i.e., sociodemographic, work- and health-related factors), the PHQ-9 score, but not the loneliness score, was associated with an increased probability of frequent thoughts about changing or leaving a job.Depression and loneliness independently predicted occupational functioning and differentially affect its various aspects. Counteracting depression and loneliness among employees should be regarded as a public health priority.
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- 2022
8. Adjunctive electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of a patient with comorbid major depressive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and anorexia nervosa – a case report
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Agnieszka Kuc, Albert Stachura, Piotr Jażdżyk, Joanna Grzelińska, and Łukasz Święcicki
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major depressive disorder ,anorexia nervosa ,electroconvulsive therapy ,comorbidity ,posttraumatic stress disorder ,Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 - Published
- 2024
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9. Right unilateral versus bilateral formula-based electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of major depression in elderly patients: a randomised, open label, pilot controlled trial
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Zuzanna Goetz, Monika Dominiak, Lukasz Swiecicki, and Anna Z. Antosik-Wójcińska
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medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Population ,Neuropsychological Tests ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Electroconvulsive therapy ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,mental disorders ,Medicine ,Verbal fluency test ,Humans ,Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance ,Bipolar disorder ,education ,Electroconvulsive Therapy ,Aged ,education.field_of_study ,Depressive Disorder, Major ,030214 geriatrics ,business.industry ,Depression ,Neuropsychology ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Treatment Outcome ,Tolerability ,Physical therapy ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,business ,Gerontology ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Background Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains the most effective treatment of depression in the elderly population; however, it is still unclear which type of ECT is most beneficial in this population. The aims of this study were: (i) to assess the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial in elderly depressed patients treated with right unilateral (RUL) or fronto-temporal bilateral (BT) formula-based ECT; (ii) to compare formula-based RUL and BT ECT in terms of efficacy, safety and tolerability in this population. Methods The study lasted 3 years and managed to randomise 29 patients over 65 years old to receive either BT (n = 14) or RUL (n = 15) ECT. Brief pulse width (0.5 ms) and age-based dosing method were applied. The clinical efficacy was assessed using Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, somatic state was monitored throughout the ECT course. In neuropsychological examination general cognitive performance, executive functions, verbal fluency, memory, autobiographical memory were evaluated. Results The recruitment was poor due to small number of patients able to give informed consent. ECT proved to be a highly effective and safe method of treatment among elders. Formula-based RUL ECT did not differ from BT in antidepressant efficacy and had cognitive advantages - the indices of general cognitive performance, verbal fluency and memory were significantly better than before the treatment in the RUL group. Decline in retrieval consistency of autobiographical memory was more pronounced in the BT group, although it was observed across both groups. Conclusions Formula-based RUL ECT might not differ from BT in antidepressant efficacy and has an advantage in terms of tolerability.
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- 2020
10. Xi Jinping’s China Rise to Global Superpower
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Łukasz Święcicki
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International relations ,JZ2-6530 ,Political science (General) ,JA1-92 - Abstract
Book Review: Bogdan Góralczyk, Nowy długi marsz. Chiny ery Xi Jinpinga, Wydawnictwo Akademickie Dialog, Warszawa 2021, pp. 338.
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- 2023
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11. Gustatory and olfactory function in patients with unipolar and bipolar depression
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Dorota Bzinkowska, Halina Sienkiewicz-Jarosz, Lukasz Swiecicki, Anna Scinska, Pawel Zatorski, and Janusz Szyndler
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Adult ,Male ,Olfactory system ,Taste ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Bipolar Disorder ,Adolescent ,Sensory system ,Olfaction ,Audiology ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,Young Adult ,mental disorders ,medicine ,Humans ,Bipolar disorder ,Psychiatry ,Biological Psychiatry ,Aged ,Pharmacology ,Depressive Disorder ,Anhedonia ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Smell ,Hypomania ,Taste Threshold ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,Mania - Abstract
Although the crucial distinction between unipolar depressive disorder and bipolar disorder is the presence of mania (or hypomania) in the course of the latter, significant differences between unipolar and bipolar depression have also been found in clinical studies. The primary aim of the present investigation was to assess pleasantness/unpleasantness ratings of chemosensory stimuli in depressed patients, including subjects with unipolar and bipolar depression. Sensory aspects (thresholds and identification abilities) of gustatory and olfactory function were also assessed. There were no major differences between a depression group, as a whole, and healthy controls in terms of gustatory and olfactory thresholds and identification abilities. Similarly, pleasantness ratings of various gustatory and olfactory stimuli did not differ between the control and depression group. Gustatory and olfactory thresholds and identification abilities did not differ between individuals with unipolar and bipolar depression. Bipolar patients tended to rate less gustatory stimuli as unpleasant and more olfactory stimuli as pleasant compared to unipolar patients. The present results suggest that: i) depression is not associated with any major deficit in sensory aspects of gustatory and olfactory function or altered hedonic ratings of chemosensory stimuli; ii) hedonic responses to chemosensory stimuli tend to be increased in bipolar as compared to unipolar depressed patients.
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- 2009
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12. Depressive symptoms and olfactory function in older adults
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Elzbieta Wrobel, Wojciech Kukwa, Halina Sienkiewicz-Jarosz, Pawel Zatorski, Wanda Lojkowska, Lukasz Swiecicki, Anna Scinska, and Agnieszka Korkosz
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Male ,Olfactory system ,Personality Inventory ,Olfaction ,Neuroimaging ,Humans ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Aged ,Depression ,General Neuroscience ,Electrogustometry ,Olfactory Pathways ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Smell ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Mood ,Neurology ,Sensory Thresholds ,Taste Threshold ,Female ,Geriatric Depression Scale ,Neurology (clinical) ,Personality Assessment Inventory ,Psychology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Aims: Neuroimaging studies suggest a significant overlap between brain regions involved in the regulation of olfaction and mood. The aim of the present study was to search for correlations between depressive symptomatology measured by the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and olfactory function assessed with Sniffin' Sticks in non-demented older adults (aged 53–79 years). Methods: Taste detection thresholds were also measured by means of electrogustometry on the anterior tongue. Results: No correlation was found between the GDS scores (range: 0–12) and olfactory thresholds or olfactory identification scores. Similarly, there was no relationship between depressive symptoms and electrogustometric thresholds. Subjects (n = 25) scoring ≥5 on the GDS were classified as ‘depressed’ and all other individuals (n = 60) were classified as ‘non-depressed’. The two groups did not differ in terms of the olfactory measures and electrogustometric threshold. Conclusion: Depressive symptoms are not associated with any major olfactory deficit in non-clinical older adults.
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- 2008
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13. Psychiatric hospitalizations for affective disorders in Warsaw, Poland: Effect of season and intensity of sunlight
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Lukasz Swiecicki, Monika Dominiak, and Janusz K. Rybakowski
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Adult ,Hospitals, Psychiatric ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Neurology ,Bipolar Disorder ,Age and sex ,Medicine ,Humans ,Bipolar disorder ,Psychiatry ,Biological Psychiatry ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Sunlight ,Depressive Disorder, Major ,business.industry ,Depression ,Mood Disorders ,Seasonality ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Intensity (physics) ,Hospitalization ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Female ,Poland ,Seasons ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Mania - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess any associations between the number of hospitalizations for affective disorders, seasons of the year and the intensity of sunlight in Poland, a country with a very changeable climate and significant seasonal fluctuations. We analyzed 2837 admissions with affective disorders hospitalized in the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw, between 2002 and 2010 (mania, n=380, mixed episode, n=131, bipolar depression, n=736, recurrent depression, n=681, single depressive episode, n=909). For each diagnostic group admission time series were created and categorized into subgroups according to sex and age, and these were analyzed by means of the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) method. Regression models and correlations were used to assess the influence of the intensity of sunlight on the number of hospitalizations. Most mania admissions were noted in spring/summer months and in midwinter, mixed episode-late spring and winter, and depression (bipolar, recurrent and single depressive episode)-spring and autumn months. The association between frequency of admissions and monthly hours of sunshine was observed in some age and sex subgroups of patients with bipolar disorder and single depressive episode. The results support the seasonality of admissions of patients with affective disorders.
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- 2014
14. Post-ECT hyperthermia and rapid mood improvements: a case report
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Przemyslaw Bienkowski, Anna Z. Antosik-Wójcińska, Dorota Bzinkowska, and Lukasz Swiecicki
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Hyperthermia ,Adult ,Male ,Fever ,business.industry ,Depression ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Affect ,Mood ,Anesthesia ,medicine ,Humans ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,Electroconvulsive Therapy - Published
- 2014
15. Intensity and pleasantness of sucrose taste in patients with winter depression
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Dorota Bzinkowska, Halina Sienkiewicz-Jarosz, Przemyslaw Bienkowski, Jerzy Samochowiec, Anna Scinska, Jarosław Torbiński, and Lukasz Swiecicki
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Adult ,Male ,Pleasure ,Study groups ,Taste ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Sucrose ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Craving ,Audiology ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Food Preferences ,mental disorders ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,Psychiatry ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Depression ,General Neuroscience ,Electrogustometry ,Seasonal Affective Disorder ,General Medicine ,chemistry ,behavior and behavior mechanisms ,Female ,Seasons ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,psychological phenomena and processes - Abstract
Increased consumption of carbohydrates and craving for sweets are considered core features of winter depression. Unfortunately, little is known about neural and behavioral correlates of these symptoms. The primary aim of the present study was to evaluate taste responses to sucrose solutions in depressed patients with seasonal affective disorder (SAD).Intensity and pleasantness ratings of sucrose solutions, electrogustometric thresholds, and taste identification abilities were assessed in depressed patients with SAD and non-seasonal affective disorder (non-SAD), and in non-depressed controls.Electrogustometric thresholds and identification abilities did not differ between the study groups. There were no differences between the groups in intensity or pleasantness ratings of sucrose solutions (1-30%). The proportion of 'sweet likers', i.e. subjects rating the highest sucrose concentration as most pleasant, was similar in the controls, SAD, and non-SAD patients.The present results suggest that: (i) winter depression is not associated with major alterations in gustatory function; and (ii) sweet craving and increased consumption of carbohydrates in patients with winter depression is not secondary to altered responses to sweet tastants. More studies are needed to characterize hedonic responses of patients with SAD to other sweet and non-sweet foods.
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- 2014
16. Application of EEG Wavelet Power to Prediction of Antidepressant Treatment Response
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Witkowska, Dorota, Paweł Gosek, Lukasz Swiecicki, Jernajczyk, Wojciech, West, Bruce J., and Miroslaw Latka
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In clinical practice, the selection of an antidepressant often degrades to lengthy trial-and-error. In this work we employ a normalized wavelet power of alpha waves as a biomarker of antidepressant treatment response. This novel EEG metric takes into account both non-stationarity and intersubject variability of alpha waves. We recorded resting, 19-channel EEG (closed eyes) in 22 inpatients suffering from unipolar (UD, n=10) or bipolar (BD, n=12) depression. The EEG measurement was done at the end of the short washout period which followed previously unsuccessful pharmacotherapy. The normalized alpha wavelet power of 11 responders was markedly different than that of 11 nonresponders at several, mostly temporoparietal sites. Using the prediction of treatment response based on the normalized alpha wavelet power, we achieved 81.8% sensitivity and 81.8% specificity for channel T4.
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17. Sweet liking in patients with Parkinson's disease
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Wanda Lipczynska-Lojkowska, Wlodzimierz Kuran, Przemyslaw Bienkowski, Jerzy Samochowiec, Lukasz Swiecicki, Marcin Kołaczkowski, Danuta Ryglewicz, Halina Sienkiewicz-Jarosz, and Anna Scinska
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Male ,Olfactory system ,Sucrose ,Taste ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Levodopa ,Parkinson's disease ,Sensory system ,Olfaction ,Audiology ,Developmental psychology ,Antiparkinson Agents ,Food Preferences ,medicine ,Humans ,Taste Threshold ,Aged ,Analysis of Variance ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,Parkinson Disease ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Smell ,Neurology ,Sweetening Agents ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,Analysis of variance ,Psychology ,psychological phenomena and processes ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Pleasant tastes and odors are considered phylogenetically old natural rewards and their hedonic evaluation is regarded as a good indicator of the reward system function. The primary aim of the present study was to compare pleasantness ratings of sucrose solutions (1-30%, w/w) and sweet liking/disliking status in 20 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and in 20 age-matched healthy controls. In addition, basic sensory aspects of gustatory (intensity ratings, electrogustometric thresholds) and olfactory function (identification abilities in the Sniffin' Stick test) were assessed in both groups. The number of odors rated as pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral was also compared. As expected, the PD patients showed a significant impairment in olfactory identification abilities. There were no differences between the PD patients and controls in electrogustometric thresholds. Rated intensity of higher sucrose concentrations did not differ between the groups. The PD patients tended to rate water taste as more intense in comparison with the controls. Pleasantness ratings of sucrose solutions, the proportion of subjects rating 30% sucrose as the most pleasant (sweet likers), and the number of odors rated as pleasant did not differ between the study groups. The present results suggest that PD does not lead to any obvious alterations in pleasantness ratings of chemosensory stimuli. The study requires replication in larger samples.
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- 2013
18. Immobility in the tail suspension test predicts quinine but not saccharin intake in mice
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Anna Scinska, Paweł Mierzejewski, Marcin Kołaczkowski, Izabela Korkosz, and Lukasz Swiecicki
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Taste ,saccharin ,Drinking Behavior ,Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic ,two-bottle choice test ,Choice Behavior ,tail suspension test ,Depressive symptomatology ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Immobilization ,Mice ,Saccharin ,Internal medicine ,C57BL/6J mice ,medicine ,Animals ,quinine ,Quinine ,Human studies ,Depression ,General Neuroscience ,Choice test ,Tail suspension test ,depressive-like behavior ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Endocrinology ,chemistry ,Hindlimb Suspension ,Clomipramine ,Psychology ,Stress, Psychological ,medicine.drug - Abstract
It is assumed that depressive symptomatology can alter taste preferences in humans. The aim of the present study was to search for correlations between immobility in the tail suspension test (TST) and consumption of saccharin (0.0025–0.1%, w/w) and quinine (0.0024–0.04%) solutions. Male C57BL/6J mice were divided into high immobility and low immobility groups based on their immobility scores in the TST. The groups consumed similar amounts of saccharin solutions in the two-bottle choice test. There were significant differences between the groups in quinine intake and preference. Intake of, and preference for, 0.0024% quinine was significantly higher in the high immobility than in low immobility subjects. In line with some animal and human studies, our results suggest that behavioral despair in the TST can correlate with taste responses to bitter stimuli.
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- 2009
19. Occurrence of male depression symptoms, suicidal behaviors, alcohol and tobacco use and level of personal resources in three male groups
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Aleksandra Kielan, Mariusz Jaworski, Anna Mosiołek, Jan Chodkiewicz, Łukasz Święcicki, and Bożena Walewska-Zielecka
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male depression symptoms ,suicide behaviors ,personal resources ,substance-related disorders ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Background and objective: The study was to compare the severity of male depression symptoms, suicidal behaviors, the use of psychoactive substances (alcohol, nicotine), and evaluate personal resources (self-efficacy, coping strategies and resilience) among men from three different groups. Material and methods: The clinical group contained men with depression disorders diagnosed by psychiatrists and treated in psychiatric hospitals (n = 197). The control groups contained men with physical disorders treated in general hospitals in Warsaw, Poland (n = 198) and men who self-evaluated themselves as healthy without physical or mental disorders (n = 203). Several tests were used for evaluation: a test with sociodemographic variables, the AUDIT Test, the Fagerstrom Test, the Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), the MINI-COPE Questionnaire, the Resilience Evaluation Questionnaire (KOP-26), the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised by Osman (SBQ-R) and the Gotland Male Depression Scale (GMDS). Results: Most of the men with depression disorders presented non-typical symptoms of depression which are not included in diagnostic criteria. It allows us to assume that a large percentage of men who suffer from depression are not properly being diagnosed. Moreover, we found that men with any type of physical disorder have the greatest severity of male depression symptoms than healthy men. Men with depression disorders have suicidal thoughts and have made efforts in the past more often, as well as having higher alcohol and nicotine addictions. Patients who overuse or are addicted to alcohol or nicotine should be additionally screened for the possible occurrence of depressive disorders, and substance usage should be treated as a symptom of male depression. Men with depression present low resilience and low self-efficacy. They also use negative strategies in dealing with stress. Conclusion: There is a need to plan and implement effective prevention actions that will take the conditioning of these groups into account.
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20. Perceived intensity and pleasantness of sucrose taste in male alcoholics
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Przemyslaw Bienkowski, Wojciech Kukwa, Paweł Zatorski, Michał Wroński, Anna Scinska, Agnieszka Korkosz, Jerzy Samochowiec, Marcin Ziółkowski, Lukasz Swiecicki, and Dominika Skrok-Wolska
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Adult ,Male ,Taste ,Sucrose ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,Alcohol dependence ,Hypertonic Solutions ,Physiology ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Alcoholic fathers ,Developmental psychology ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Affect ,Alcoholism ,chemistry ,Familial history ,Taste Threshold ,Paternal history ,Humans ,Psychology - Abstract
Aims: The aim of the present study was to evaluate a possible relationship between taste responses to sweet solutions and alcoholic status. Methods: The rated intensity and pleasantness of sucrose taste was compared in male alcoholics (n = 45) and non- alcoholic controls (n = 33). Results: The rated intensity, but not pleasantness, of water taste (0% sucrose) was higher in the alcoholics. The two groups did not differ with respect to the rated intensity or pleasantness of sucrose solutions (1-30%). The proportion of sweet- likers, i.e. subjects rating 30% sucrose as most pleasant, was similar in both groups (the controls: 57.6%, the alcoholics: 62.2%). A sub- group of alcoholics with a paternal history of alcoholism (n = 22) rated the highest sucrose concentration as more pleasant compared to alcoholics without alcoholic fathers. The proportion of sweet-likers among the alcoholics with a paternal history of alcoholism (77.3%) was significantly higher than that found in the alcoholics without a familial history of alcoholism (47.8%). Conclusions: The present results suggest the following: (i) alcohol dependence is not associated with any major alterations in taste responses to sucrose solutions, (ii) sweet liking is a phenotypic marker of male alcoholics with a paternal history of alcoholism.
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- 2007
21. The impact of bipolar spectrum disorders on professional functioning: A systematic review
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Monika Dominiak, Piotr Jażdżyk, Anna Z. Antosik-Wójcińska, Magdalena Konopko, Przemysław Bieńkowski, Łukasz Świȩcicki, and Halina Sienkiewicz-Jarosz
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bipolar spectrum ,manic or depressive episode ,bipolar disorder ,personality disorders ,employment outcomes ,professional functioning ,Psychiatry ,RC435-571 - Abstract
AimsThe impact of bipolar spectrum (BS) disorders on professional functioning has not been systematically reviewed yet. Since even subsyndromal symptoms may disturb functioning, the determination of the prognostic value of the spectrum of bipolarity for employment seems extremely relevant. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of BS disorders on professional functioning.Materials and methodsA systematic review of the literature (namely, cohort and cross-sectional studies) investigating a link between BS disorders and employment was performed in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. BS was defined based on the concept of two-dimensional BS by Angst. Occupational outcomes and factors affecting employment were evaluated as well.ResultsSeventy-four studies were included. All disorders comprising BS had a negative impact on occupational status, work performance, work costs, and salary, with the greatest unfavorable effect reported by bipolar disorder (BD), followed by borderline personality disorder (BPD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and dysthymia. Employment rates ranged from 40 to 75% (BD), 33 to 67% (BPD), 61 to 88% (MDD), and 86% (dysthymia). The factors affecting employment most included: cognitive impairments, number/severity of symptoms, namely, subsyndromal symptoms (mainly depressive), older age, education, and comorbidity (substance abuse, personality disorders, anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD).ConclusionBipolar spectrum symptoms exert a negative impact on professional functioning. Further evaluation of affecting factors is crucial for preventing occupational disability.
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- 2022
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22. [Platelet serotonin transport in the group of outpatients with seasonal affective disorder before and after light treatment, and in remission (in the summer)]
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Lukasz, Swiecicki, Andrzej, Bidziński, and Anna, Tonderska
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Adult ,Blood Platelets ,Male ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,Serotonin ,Time Factors ,Depression ,Remission Induction ,Seasonal Affective Disorder ,Middle Aged ,Phototherapy ,Humans ,Female ,Prospective Studies ,Seasons ,Aged - Abstract
To asses the results of phototherapy on platelet serotonin transport in the group of patients with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), DSM-IV criteria, with complete clinical remission during the summer period.It was a 3 year prospective study. 33 patients were qualified, 20 participated in at least two assessments (before and after light treatment) and were included in the final analysis. During the study, the patients were not using psychotropic drugs. The intensity of depression was measured with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD21), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Clinical Global Impression Scale. We measured Bmax and Kd of [3H] citalopram in the platelets of the patients.13 patients dropped out from the study. There was a significant reduction in the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD21) score after therapy vs. before treatment. Further reduction during the summer was also observed. Kd for citalopram binding was significantly higher after phototherapy than before treatment, the same was true for the Bmax value, but only in the subgroup of patients with depression with atypical symptoms.Phototherapy is an effective method of treatment for SAD patients, although during the summer period the intensity of depression falls significantly vs. the period after light treatment. Phototherapy had a significant influence on both the measured serotonin transport parameters (Bmax and Kd). One may suggest that an influence of light treatment on the psychomotor drive is greater than on depressive mood.
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- 2005
23. Clinical effectiveness of the electrodermal orienting reactivity test for evaluating relapse and recurrence risk in patients hospitalized for depression
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Marta Litwińska-Bołtuć, Łukasz Święcicki, Armin Spreco, and Toomas Timpka
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Electrodermal activity ,Electrodermal hyporeactivity ,Relapse of depression ,Recurrence of depression ,Psychiatry ,RC435-571 - Abstract
Abstract Background Recurrence is a problem for many patients who have episodes of depression. In experimental settings, hyporeactivity in the Electrodermal Orienting Reactivity (EDOR) test has been observed to be more frequent in these patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical value of this test with regard to a prognosis of episode recurrence in patients hospitalized for depression. Methods The study was performed using a cohort design at a specialized psychiatric clinic in Warsaw, Poland. The primary endpoint measure was relapse or recurrence of depression. Data on electrodermal reactivity measured by the EDOR test, clinical status, and psychiatric history were collected at the clinic. Relapse and recurrence data were collected by clinical interviews 1 year after the EDOR test. The predictive (adjusting for confounders) and comparative (relative to other predictors) performance of electrodermal hyporeactivity was assessed using simple and multiple binary logistic regression. Results The patient sample included 97 patients aged between 20 and 81 years (mean, 51.2 years). Twenty patients (20.6%) were hyporeactive in the EDOR test. The group of hyporeactive patients did not differ significantly from the reactive group with regard to background factors or clinical status on admission. Forty-seven patients (51.6%) had at least one depressive episode during the follow-up period. In the analysis including potential confounders, the likelihood of relapse or recurrence of depression was nearly five times higher among the hyporeactive patients than the reactive patients (odds ratio [OR], 4.7; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.3–16.2; p = 0.015). In the comparative analysis, only hyporeactivity was found to be associated with recurring episodes (OR, 3.3; 95% CI, 1.1–10.2; p = 0.036). Conclusions Electrodermal hyporeactivity was associated with a higher risk of relapse or recurrence after discharge among patients hospitalized for depression. This finding warrants further clinical investigations that cover different types of depression and account for causal mechanisms. Trial registration The study design was registered in the German Clinical Trials Register ( DRKS00010082 ).
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24. Behavioral and Self-reported Data Collected From Smartphones for the Assessment of Depressive and Manic Symptoms in Patients With Bipolar Disorder: Prospective Observational Study
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Monika Dominiak, Katarzyna Kaczmarek-Majer, Anna Z Antosik-Wójcińska, Karol R Opara, Anna Olwert, Weronika Radziszewska, Olgierd Hryniewicz, Łukasz Święcicki, Marcin Wojnar, and Paweł Mierzejewski
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Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ,R858-859.7 ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
BackgroundSmartphones allow for real-time monitoring of patients’ behavioral activities in a naturalistic setting. These data are suggested as markers for the mental state of patients with bipolar disorder (BD). ObjectiveWe assessed the relations between data collected from smartphones and the clinically rated depressive and manic symptoms together with the corresponding affective states in patients with BD. MethodsBDmon, a dedicated mobile app, was developed and installed on patients’ smartphones to automatically collect the statistics about their phone calls and text messages as well as their self-assessments of sleep and mood. The final sample for the numerical analyses consisted of 51 eligible patients who participated in at least two psychiatric assessments and used the BDmon app (mean participation time, 208 [SD 132] days). In total, 196 psychiatric assessments were performed using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the Young Mania Rating Scale. Generalized linear mixed-effects models were applied to quantify the strength of the relation between the daily statistics on the behavioral data collected automatically from smartphones and the affective symptoms and mood states in patients with BD. ResultsObjective behavioral data collected from smartphones were found to be related with the BD states as follows: (1) depressed patients tended to make phone calls less frequently than euthymic patients (β=−.064, P=.01); (2) the number of incoming answered calls during depression was lower than that during euthymia (β=−.15, P=.01) and, concurrently, missed incoming calls were more frequent and increased as depressive symptoms intensified (β=4.431, P
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25. ECT in an Adolescent With Schizophrenia and Seizures: Case Report
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Anna Gralewicz, Łukasz Świȩcicki, Anna Z. Antosik-Wójcińska, Magdalena Konopko, Iwona Kurkowska-Jastrzȩbska, Halina Sienkiewicz-Jarosz, Łukasz Szostakiewicz, and Barbara Remberk
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ECT ,seizure ,early onset schizophrenia (EOS) ,adolescent ,case report ,Psychiatry ,RC435-571 - Abstract
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been recognized as an effective treatment option in catatonia, and for prolonged or severe affective episodes and schizophrenia. Response rates vary from 40 to 80% in adolescents. The procedure is safe if the required precautions are undertaken. Nonetheless, ECT remains a serious clinical challenge in patients with comorbid seizures. We present a case study of a 17-year-old female student suffering from schizophrenia who was scheduled for ECT due to prior treatment inefficacy. Seizures had occurred a few days before the first ECT session. Nevertheless, the patient received the ECT course, combined with clozapine at 125 mg/day, after neurological diagnosis and treatment modification because the illness became life-threatening. The patient's clinical outcome was satisfactory without any seriously adverse events and further improvements were observed in the mental state following long-term psychosocial treatment at our inpatient unit. A few months later, epilepsy was however diagnosed with probably coexistence of partial seizures and seizure-like events without EEG correlate. Administering ECT in patients with seizure comorbidity was also investigated based on previous research. Data on this is, however, extremely scarce and to the best of our knowledge, the safety and efficacy of using ECT in adolescents with schizophrenia and seizures has yet not to any great extent been discussed in the literature.
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- 2021
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26. Local Self-Government as a Problem of Political Theory
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Łukasz Święcicki
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political theory ,local government ,sovereignty ,legitimacy ,carl schmitt ,charles taylor ,International relations ,JZ2-6530 ,Political science (General) ,JA1-92 - Abstract
The article aims at restoring local self-government as a research problem of political theory. In contemporary political science literature, local self-government is not treated as one of its normal, standard research problems. The main obstacle of its ambiguous position within political theory is, as I argue, the forced and imposed apolitical character of local self-government considered as a part of public administration. Despite some degree of organizational, especially institutional and legal, self-determination, the local self-government is not a political, i.e. sovereign entity. However, its non-sovereign status, which is legally established, does not exclude the existence of political potency in it.
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- 2019
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27. Disruption of Nicotine Addiction Associated With Paroxysmal Hypersomnia
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Lukasz Swiecicki, Przemyslaw Bienkowski, Agnieszka Korkosz, Danuta Ryglewicz, Pawel Zatorski, Anna Scinska, and Halina Sienkiewicz-Jarosz
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Psychiatry and Mental health ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Medicine ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,Psychiatry ,Nicotine Addiction - Published
- 2009
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28. Factors Related to the Level of Depression and Suicidal Behavior Among Men With Diagnosed Depression, Physically Ill Men, and Healthy Men
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Aleksandra Kielan, Mariusz Jaworski, Anna Mosiołek, Jan Chodkiewicz, Łukasz Święcicki, and Bożena Walewska-Zielecka
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depressive disorders ,physically ill ,suicidal behavior ,risk factors ,protective factors ,Psychiatry ,RC435-571 - Abstract
Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder in people who die by suicide. Awareness of risk factors for suicide in depression is important for clinicians. The study was aimed at establishing models of factors related to the level of depression and suicidal behavior among men from three different groups—in men with depressive disorder, in comparison to men with physical disorder and healthy men. A total of 598 men were included in the study. The following questionnaires were used in research model: test with sociodemographic variables, AUDIT Test, Fagerström Test, Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), Inventory for Measuring Coping with Stress (Mini-COPE), Resilience Evaluation Questionnaire (KOP-26), Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire—Revised (SBQ-R) by Osman, and Gotland Male Depression Scale. In men with depression, the positive factors strongly related to the intensity of depression and suicidal behavior were as follows: vocational education, active coping, turning toward religion, social competence for resilience, and bachelor status. The factors negatively related to the intensity of depression and suicidal behavior in this group were as follows: unemployed status, student status, low satisfaction with the financial situation, having children, history of mental disorders in family, alcohol addiction, and seeking instrumental support. In the group of men with physical disorders, the following protection factors were identified: the medium or small city as a place of living, active coping, venting, and personal competence. The following risk factors were identified in this group: psychiatric treatment in the past. In the group of healthy men, the following protective factors were identified: the medium city as a place of living, positive reappraisal, planning abilities, and personal and social competence for resilience. In this group, the following risk factors were identified: vocational and higher education, student status, satisfaction with the financial situation, having more than one children, the occurrence of mental disorders in the family, the occurrence of alcohol abuse in the family, and use of psychoactive substances as a strategy of dealing with stress. The risk factors identified in this study should be included in the clinical assessment of depression and suicidal behavior risk in male patients. There are some protective factors identified, including productive coping and personal and social competencies, which can be developed and should be especially considered and strengthened in mental health promotion programs aimed at men.
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29. Letter to the editor
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Lukasz Swiecicki
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business.industry ,Poison control ,Human factors and ergonomics ,medicine.disease ,Suicide prevention ,Occupational safety and health ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,School performance ,Injury prevention ,medicine ,Medical emergency ,Risk factor ,business ,Demography ,Cohort study - Published
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30. Pozycja agomelatyny w leczeniu depresji
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Łukasz Święcicki and Bogdan Stefanowski
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duża depresja ,lek przeciwdepresyjny ,agomelatyna ,Medicine - Abstract
Na rynku dostępnych jest wiele leków przeciwdepresyjnych, ale wykorzystują one jedynie kilka wspólnych mechanizmów działania. Ponieważ znaczny odsetek pacjentów nie reaguje wystarczająco dobrze na stosowane leki, pojawienie się leku o nowym mechanizmie działania, takiego jak agomelatyna, zawsze budzi nadzieje. W artykule przedstawiono wyniki metaanaliz i badań kontrolowanych, a także kilku badań otwartych dotyczących pewnych szczególnych aspektów terapii. Zaprezentowane badania zostały opublikowane w ostatnich latach – w roku 2013 i później. Wyniki metaanaliz nie są jednoznaczne, ale nowsze publikacje mogą wskazywać na wysoką skuteczność agomelatyny. Co istotne, nie potwierdzają się wcześniejsze opinie o znacznej hepatotoksyczności leku. Rezultaty badań kontrolowanych niemal jednoznacznie wskazują, że pod względem skuteczności i bezpieczeństwa agomelatyna nie ustępuje lekom przeciwdepresyjnym z grupy selektywnych inhibitorów wychwytu zwrotnego serotoniny. Przeprowadzone w ostatnich latach badania dotyczące wpływu agomelatyny na anhedonię mają charakter badań otwartych, agomelatyna nie była w nich porównywana z innymi lekami przeciwdepresyjnymi, stąd też trudno jednoznacznie zinterpretować uzyskane wyniki.
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- 2018
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31. Pregabalina w dawkach 300 mg/dobę i wyższych – bilans korzyści i ryzyka
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Anna Z. Antosik-Wójcińska and Łukasz Święcicki
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pregabalina ,wysokie dawki ,bezpieczeństwo ,Medicine - Abstract
W artykule przedstawiono obszerny przegląd badań dotyczących stosowania pregabaliny, głównie w terapii zaburzeń lękowych, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem zespołu lęku uogólnionego. Zostały również krótko wspomniane inne możliwe zastosowania tego leku. Pregabalina jest ligandem podjednostki alfa-2-delta napięciowozależnych kanałów wapniowych zlokalizowanych na zakończeniach neuronów w mózgu i rdzeniu kręgowym. Przeprowadzono szereg badań wskazujących na to, że pregabalina to lek istotnie skuteczniejszy od placebo w terapii zespołu lęku uogólnionego, także przebiegającego z wyraźnie nasilonymi objawami depresji. Oceniano różne dawki pregabaliny – od 150 do 600 mg/dobę. Niższe dawki (od 150 mg/dobę) są skuteczne w zwalczaniu psychicznych objawów lęku, jednak leczenie objawów somatycznych wymaga przeważnie stosowania dawek wyższych (300 i więcej mg/dobę). Pregabalina jest lekiem z reguły dobrze tolerowanym. Do najczęściej wymienianych objawów niepożądanych zalicza się zawroty głowy, senność i uczucie oszołomienia. Donoszono też o występowaniu objawów odstawiennych przy zbyt gwałtownym zmniejszaniu dawki leku. Niektórzy autorzy zwracają uwagę na potencjał uzależniający pregabaliny, jednak wydaje się, że ryzyko nadużywania leku istnieje przede wszystkim w szczególnej podgrupie osób, które w przeszłości nadużywały substancji psychoaktywnych.
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32. Pozycja wybranych atypowych leków przeciwpsychotycznych w terapii choroby afektywnej dwubiegunowej – obecny stan wiedzy
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Łukasz Święcicki and Bogdan Stefanowski
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depresja ,choroba afektywna dwubiegunowa ,atypowe leki przeciwpsychotyczne ,olanzapina ,kwetiapina ,amisulpryd ,Medicine - Abstract
Wprowadzony ze względów czysto akademickich podział na leki przeciwdepresyjne, przeciwpsychotyczne i normotymiczne jest mylący. W praktyce klinicznej z pewnością nie każdy rodzaj depresji należy leczyć lekami określanymi jako przeciwdepresyjne, a działanie leków przeciwpsychotycznych z pewnością nie ogranicza się do leczenia tzw. psychoz (rozumianych jako choroby psychiczne, którym towarzyszą objawy wytwórcze). Bardzo dobrym przykładem jest tutaj terapia choroby afektywnej dwubiegunowej. W chorobie afektywnej dwubiegunowej typu pierwszego często w ogóle odradza się stosowanie leków przeciwdepresyjnych (także w okresach depresji), z kolei w chorobie afektywnej dwubiegunowej typu drugiego przydatność leków przeciwdepresyjnych ocenia się najczęściej jako „ograniczoną”. Z jednej strony występuje tu ryzyko zmiany fazy depresyjnej na hipomaniakalną, z drugiej często spotkać się można z lekoopornością. W tej sytuacji warto zadać pytanie o pozycję atypowych leków przeciwpsychotycznych w leczeniu choroby afektywnej dwubiegunowej. W artykule przedstawiono aktualne wyniki badań dotyczących stosowania olanzapiny, kwetiapiny i amisulprydu w terapii depresji i manii w przebiegu tej choroby. Wspomniano również o roli leków z omawianej grupy w terapii zapobiegawczej (normotymicznej). Wyniki wielu poprawnych metodologicznie badań, przeprowadzonych z wykorzystaniem metody podwójnie ślepej próby oraz grupy kontrolnej placebo, wskazują na skuteczność olanzapiny w leczeniu zarówno depresji, jak i manii w przebiegu choroby afektywnej dwubiegunowej. Można także wykorzystać olanzapinę, choć raczej w kuracjach skojarzonych, jako lek normotymiczny. Podstawowym problemem związanym ze stosowaniem tego leku jest częste występowanie zespołu metabolicznego. W przypadku kwetiapiny również istnieją dane dotyczące możliwości jej użycia w terapii depresji i manii. Autorzy badań nad kwetiapiną zwracają uwagę na to, że działanie zależy od dawki. W dawkach do 300 mg na dobę lek wykazuje głównie skuteczność przeciwdepresyjną. W leczeniu manii konieczne są dawki większe – zwykle powyżej 500 mg na dobę. Kluczowy problem związany z tym lekiem dotyczy występowania nadmiernej sedacji. W przypadku amisulprydu brakuje wystarczającej liczby badań, by stwierdzić przydatność leku w terapii choroby afektywnej dwubiegunowej. Bardzo interesujące są doniesienia kazuistyczne wskazujące na możliwość profilaktycznego działania amisulprydu u osób z istotnymi zaburzeniami metabolicznymi.
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33. Pregabalina w terapii zaburzeń lękowych
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Łukasz Święcicki
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zaburzenia lękowe ,zespół lęku uogólnionego ,pregabalina ,Medicine - Abstract
Zaburzenia lękowe to jedne z najczęściej występujących zaburzeń psychicznych. Dotychczas stosowane metody leczenia nie są wystarczająco skuteczne, dlatego podejmuje się kolejne próby. Pregabalina uchodzi za lek obiecujący pod tym względem: w badaniach klinicznych wykazano, że jest co najmniej równie skuteczna w terapii zespołu lęku uogólnionego jak leki przeciwdepresyjne o działaniu serotoninergicznym. Przeprowadzono także badanie oceniające jej skuteczność w leczeniu zespołu lęku społecznego (wykorzystano metodę podwójnie ślepej próby, działanie leku porównywano z placebo) – wyniki wskazują na skuteczność pregabaliny. Opublikowano również serię opisów kazuistycznych na temat wykorzystania pregabaliny w terapii lekoopornego zespołu obsesyjno-kompulsyjnego. Również w tym przypadku lek okazał się skuteczny. W badaniach dotyczących zaburzeń lękowych skuteczność pregabaliny była porównywalna do skuteczności benzodiazepin, choć takie porównanie nie jest w pełni uzasadnione – benzodiazepin nie można stosować w długotrwałych kuracjach, a skuteczność pregabaliny rośnie z upływem czasu. Pregabalina to lek bezpieczny i dobrze tolerowany, zgodnie ze wskazówkami World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry stosowany jako lek pierwszego rzutu w terapii zespołu lęku uogólnionego. Pewne obawy może budzić ewentualne działanie uzależniające pregabaliny, o którym ostatnio coraz więcej się pisze. W artykule zostaną omówione dane dotyczące skuteczności, bezpieczeństwa i tolerancji tego leku w terapii zaburzeń lękowych.
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34. Stosowanie wenlafaksyny w dawkach podzielonych – opis kazuistyczny
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Łukasz Święcicki
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wenlafaksyna ,serotonina ,noradrenalina ,depresja ,tolerancja leku ,Medicine - Abstract
Wenlafaksyna jest lekiem o co najmniej dwóch istotnych mechanizmach działania przeciwdepresyjnego. Hamowanie wychwytu zwrotnego serotoniny (5-HT) ujawnia się już podczas stosowania niskich dawek, a hamowanie wychwytu zwrotnego noradrenaliny – dopiero przy dawkach istotnie wyższych. Za punkt odcięcia przyjmuje się na ogół dawkę 225 mg na dobę, choć zmiana z jednego mechanizmu działania na dwa ma najprawdopodobniej charakter spektralny. Możliwe, że w dawkach powyżej 375 mg na dobę lek wykazuje również działanie dopaminergiczne, ale tak duże dawki wenlafaksyny nie są zalecane przez producenta. Stosowanie wyższych dawek przekłada się na większą skuteczność przeciwdepresyjną leku. Należy jednak pamiętać, że zmiana dawki może być związana z ujawnieniem się odmiennego profilu działań niepożądanych (choć zależy to także od indywidualnej wrażliwości pacjenta). Działanie serotoninergiczne bywa odbierane jako uspokajające, sedujące, powodujące nadmierną senność, a nawet zobojętnienie i apatię. Działanie noradrenergiczne może z kolei wywoływać uczucie nadmiernego pobudzenia i zaburzenia snu. To, czy dane działanie jest odczuwane jako niewpływające na funkcjonowanie, czy też jako trudne do zniesienia, zależy ponadto od pory dnia, w której występuje. Działanie nasenne pacjent uzna za korzystne wieczorem, natomiast działanie rozbudzające – rano. Wydaje się, że pora podawania wenlafaksyny może wpływać na subiektywną tolerancję leku. W artykule opisano dwie sytuacje ilustrujące ten punkt widzenia. Nie jest do końca jasne, dlaczego pacjenci odczuwają działanie leku najsilniej wkrótce po jego przyjęciu (nie da się wykluczyć swoistego efektu placebo). Mimo to w przypadku wielu chorych subiektywna tolerancja wenlafaksyny bez wątpienia ma związek ze sposobem podawania leku; lekarze powinni brać tę okoliczność pod uwagę.
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35. Therapy of anxiety disorders – the problem of choosing a drug in the primary health care physician’s practice
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Łukasz Święcicki
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pharmacotherapy of anxiety ,benzodiazepines ,hydroxyzine ,Medicine - Abstract
Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental disorders. A vast majority of patients with such problems are treated by the primary health care physicians. In practice, the most available form of treatment at this level of health care is pharmacotherapy. The most frequently chosen drugs belong to the group of benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepine anxiolytics exhibit the commonly known advantages: they are effective in the short run and very well tolerated. A bit less attention is paid to their severe disadvantages. These disadvantages comprise first of all: inclination to induce dependence which is often connected with the need to increase the dose of the drug to obtain a comparable effect, adverse impact on cognitive functions, and the risk of a significant increase in the dose of the drug after discontinuation of benzodiazepine (rebound phenomena). The article presents disadvantages and advantages of benzodiazepines and benefits connected with the use of the underestimated though effective anxiolytic – hydroxyzine. The results of controlled studies point to the efficacy of this drug in therapy of generalized anxiety disorder. Hydroxyzine may be also effectively used during discontinuation of benzodiazepines. This drug does not exhibit any addictive properties and its administration does not cause disturbances in cognitive functions. Psychotherapy continues to be the basic form of treatment of anxiety disorders, but its use in everyday medical practice conditions is often very difficult. In pharmacotherapy of anxiety the use of hydroxyzine is safer than the use of benzodiazepines, and it is often equally effective. Also other drugs, which are not discussed extensively in this article, such as antidepressants in the group of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, buspirone and pregabalin, exhibit significant anti-anxiety effects.
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36. Stosowanie wenlafaksyny w dawkach większych niż 225 mg na dobę. Bilans ryzyka i korzyści
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Łukasz Święcicki
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wenlafaksyna ,depresja ,depresja lekooporna ,działanie noradrenergiczne ,działanie serotoninergiczne ,Medicine - Abstract
W pracy omówiono wyniki badań dotyczących stosowania wenlafaksyny w dawkach przewyższających 225 mg/dobę. Wydaje się, że stosowanie takich dawek może być celowe zwłaszcza u pacjentów z depresją lekooporną. W dawkach do 225 mg/dobę wenlafaksyna jest lekiem o działaniu głównie serotoninergicznym (hamującym wychwyt zwrotny serotoniny). W dawce przewyższającej 225 mg/dobę lek wywiera istotne działanie na hamowanie wychwytu zwrotnego noradrenaliny. Nie bez znaczenia jest również fakt, że w przypadku dawek w zakresie 225–300 mg/dobę zwiększa się hamowanie wychwytu zwrotnego serotoniny. Choć efekt ten jest stosunkowo niewielki (oceniany na około 5%), to zdaniem części autorów może być klinicznie znaczący. Cechy te sprawiają, że wenlafaksyna w dużych dawkach jest lekiem skuteczniejszym niż leki z grupy selektywnych inhibitorów wychwytu zwrotnego serotoniny (SSRI) oceniane jako cała grupa, a także skuteczniejszym niż fluoksetyna. Pod względem skuteczności wenlafaksyna jest także lekiem najmniej porównywalnym z lekami z grupy trójpierścieniowych leków przeciwdepresyjnych. Tolerancja wenlafaksyny nawet w dużych dawkach jest zazwyczaj zadowalająca. Problem mogą stanowić przykre objawy występujące podczas odstawiania wenlafaksyny (zawroty głowy, nudności, wymioty, ogólne złe samopoczucie), nie ma jednak dostatecznych dowodów wskazujących na to, że częstość występowania oraz stopień nasilenia tych objawów mogłyby zależeć od stosowanej dawki leku – jest to raczej reakcja indywidualna.
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37. Czy to ChAD? Dziesięć bardzo prostych pytań
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Łukasz Święcicki
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Medicine - Abstract
Wielu lekarzy mówi o swoich trudnościach z rozpoznaniem choroby afektywnej dwubiegunowej (ChAD). Problemy te nie dziwią ani mnie, ani nikogo, kto ma do czynienia z takimi pacjentami. Trudność sprawia zwłaszcza rozpoznanie manii lub hipomanii, szczególnie gdy pacjent nie przechodzi jej w momencie wizyty u lekarza. Hipomanie i manie występują rzadziej i trwają krócej niż depresje. Pacjenci w manii nie odczuwają także potrzeby wizyty w gabinecie lekarskim, stąd dodatkowe trudności diagnostyczne. Mając je na uwadze, postanowiłem opracować krótkie narzędzie zawierające 10 prostych pytań, pomocnych w praktyce lekarskiej. Proponowany kwestionariusz nie został zwalidowany, zatem nie może funkcjonować jako narzędzie diagnostyczne czy oficjalny kwestionariusz rozpoznawania ChAD. Rozpoznanie ustala lekarz na podstawie badania klinicznego, które każdy psychiatra umie przeprowadzić bez dodatkowej pomocy. Proponowany zestaw pytań ma jednak charakter przesiewowy – zadajemy je, aby zdecydować, czy prowadzić dalsze badanie w kierunku ChAD. Pytania opracowałam na podstawie kilkudziesięciu lat praktyki w rozpoznawaniu ChAD. Korzystam z nich w czasie wywiadu z pacjentem – pomagają mi trafniej i szybciej określić jego stan. Zaletą proponowanego kwestionariusza jest jego prostota. Z pełną świadomością ograniczyłem się do kilku wątków, które wydają mi się najbardziej charakterystyczne. Kwestionariusz zupełnie pomija np. pytania związane z depresją. Uważam, że nie są konieczne, gdyż w jej przypadku dysponujemy szeregiem pomocnych narzędzi. Z załączonych pytań można skorzystać, jeśli mamy jasność co do tego, że u pacjenta występowały lub występują niebudzące wątpliwości zaburzenia depresyjne.
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- 2018
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38. 'Addiction' to phenelzine - Case report,'Uzalenienie' od fenelzyny - Opis przypadku
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Antosik-Wójcińska, A. Z., Bzinkowska, D., Chojnacka, M., Lukasz Swiecicki, and Torbiński, J.
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