Cited by 103Stress Responses and CortisolTreatment of Major DepressionAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

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Changes in cortisol secretion during antidepressive treatment and cognitive improvement in patients with major depression: A longitudinal study

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Objectives We have previously reported that cognitive deficits are cross-sectionally associated with elevated cortisol in depressed patients. Here, we longitudinally examined if changes in cortisol secretion during treatment are associated with improvement of cognition.Methods Cognitive function and salivary cortisol levels were longitudinally examined in 52 patients with major depression before and after 3 weeks of standardized selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and an add-on treatment modulating the mineralocorticoid receptor and compared to a healthy control group (n=50) matched for age, gender and years of education.Results Across add-on treatment groups, SSRI treatment reduced salivary cortisol in patients to levels of healthy controls (time×group interaction p=.05). In patients, reduction of cortisol significantly correlated with improvement in depressive symptoms (r=.52, p<.01), speed of information processing (r=.50, p<.01), and cognitive set-shifting (r=.34, p=.03). Improved depressive symptoms were only associated with improved attention and working memory.Conclusions Improvement of some cognitive domains during SSRI treatment was associated with decreasing cortisol secretion and was only to a lesser extent associated with improved depressive symptoms.

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Authors
Hinkelmann, K., Moritz, S., Botzenhardt, J., Muhtz, C., Wiedemann, K., Kellner, M., & Otte, C.
Affiliations
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
Corresponding author
Hinkelmann, Kim
Venue
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-05
Volume
37
Issue
5
Pages
685-692
ISSN
0306-4530 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2145586396
Cited by
103
References
37
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FWCI
2.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • AstraZeneca
  • Servier
  • H. Lundbeck A/S
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Treatment of Major Depression
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
major depressive disorder, cortisol, salivary cortisol, antidepressant treatment, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, cognitive impairment, cognitive enhancement, set-shifting, processing speed, working memory, attention, depressive symptoms
MeSH terms
Adult, Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists, Antidepressive Agents, Attention, Cognition, Major Depressive Disorder, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Fludrocortisone, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Saliva, Spironolactone, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Young Adult

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