crp Archives - Gateway Psychiatric Excellent Psychiatric Care Thu, 30 Dec 2021 16:53:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 crp Archives - Gateway Psychiatric 32 32 70562394 Inflammation and Depression – Specific Symptom Cluster https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/inflammation-and-depression-specific-symptom-cluster/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/inflammation-and-depression-specific-symptom-cluster/#respond Tue, 07 Dec 2021 22:42:36 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=19361 A study of 15 population-based cohorts, totalling 56,351 individuals, suggests that there is a correlation between inflammation as measured by elevated  C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) and a specific sub-group of symptoms of depression. The inflammation cluster consisted of four physical symptoms: changes in appetite, felt everything was an effort, loss of energy, sleep problems; and one cognitive symptom: little ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/inflammation-and-depression-specific-symptom-cluster/feed/ 0 19361 Escitalopram Reduces Inflammation in Depression https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/escitalopram-r-in-depression/ Sat, 05 Dec 2015 22:23:40 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=9453 Escitalopram reduces inflammation in depression and potentially reduces neurotoxicity according to an article just published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research. A pro-inflammatory tendence has previously been noted in patients with depression, and this seems to be associated strongly with increases in kynurenine (see below for more information on how exercise counteracts this tendency). Kynurenine is the first step in ...

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