Blood metabolome analysis focusing on mental disorders from depression to hikikomori

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  • Kato Takahiro A
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Mood Disorder/Hikikomori Clinic, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyushu University Hospital
  • Matsushima Toshio
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Mood Disorder/Hikikomori Clinic, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyushu University Hospital
  • Setoyama Daiki
    Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital

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Other Title
  • 精神疾患の血液メタボローム解析研究：うつ病から社会的ひきこもりまで

Description

Patients with mental disorders rarely visit psychiatrists from the early stages of illness, which tends to delay the introduction of appropriate medical care. On the other hand, it is not uncommon for these patients to visit non‐psychiatric physicians for their physical symptoms. Therefore, development of biomarkers by blood sampling that can be performed outside of psychiatry will lead to early detection and intervention of mental disorders. With this expectation, we are searching for objective blood biomarkers of mental disorders. We herein introduce about blood metabolome analysis and present our recent studies focusing on depression and hikikomori (pathological social withdrawal) . We have found significant associations between depressive severity and 3‐hydroxybutyrate, suicidal ideation and kynurenine metabolites, and hikikomori and acylcarnitine/arginine. Establishment of objective biological evaluation systems for mental disorders is expected to lead to the realization of early detection and intervention of mental disorders as well as to the elimination of prejudice and stigma against mental disorders.

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  • CRID
    1390014093884110080
  • DOI
    10.11249/jsbpjjpp.34.1_7
  • ISSN
    21866465
    21866619
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
  • Abstract License Flag
    Disallowed

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