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Esmaili M, Farhud DD, Poushaneh K, Baghdassarians A, Ashayeri H. Executive Functions and Public Health: A Narrative Review. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 52:1589-1599. [PMID: 37744538 PMCID: PMC10512143 DOI: 10.18502/ijph.v52i8.13398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Executive functions (EFs) skills are necessary for regulating the thoughts, emotions, and actions which are associated with many aspects of daily functioning. Executive dysfunction (EDFs) is present in a wide range of mental disorders. New study indicates that EFs may predict health behavior and make it easier to engage in a variety of healthy activities. In this narrative review, EFs and public health are briefly discussed. In general, 133 articles met the inclusion criteria (published 2018-2023) which were reviewed. EFs affect the mental and physical health. Besides individual problems, people with mental problems have heavy costs to society. Mental health cannot be considered separately from general health. Consequently, preventive and therapeutic approaches to mental health should be considered not only at the level of the whole society, but also at the global level.
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- Mina Esmaili
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University Tehran, Iran
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- School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Basic Sciences, Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Comparison of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy of Chronic Fatigue, Sleep Quality, Executive Function and Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOTHERAPY 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10879-022-09558-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Wang M, Yin D, Liu L, Zhou S, Liu Q, Tian H, Wei J, Zhang K, Wang G, Chen Q, Zhu G, Wang X, Si T, Yu X, Lv X, Zhang N. Features of cognitive impairment and related risk factors in patients with major depressive disorder: A case-control study. J Affect Disord 2022; 307:29-36. [PMID: 35358550 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cognitive impairment (CI) is a common symptom contributing to functional loss in major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the features of CI and its related risk factors in young and middle-aged MDD patients remain unclear. METHODS In this case-control study, 18- to 55-year-old acute-onset MDD patients and healthy controls (HCs) were recruited from nine centers in China. MDD patients were diagnosed based on the DSM-IV, the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview, and a 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression score ≥ 14. Cognitive function, including attention/vigilance, learning, memory, processing speed and executive function, was assessed with a neuropsychological battery and compared between MDD patients and HCs. MDD patients scoring 1.5 SDs below the mean HC score in at least 2 domains were defined as having CI. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify risk factors for CI in MDD patients. RESULTS Compared with HCs (n = 302), MDD patients (n = 631) showed significant impairment in all cognitive domains (P < 0.001); 168 MDD patients (26.6%) had CI. Male sex (OR: 1.712; 95% CI: 1.165-2.514; P < 0.01) was positively correlated with CI; age of first onset (OR: 0.974; 95% CI: 0.957-0.991; P < 0.05) and comorbid anxiety disorders (OR: 0.514; 95% CI: 0.332-0.797; P < 0.01) were negatively correlated with CI. LIMITATIONS Biomarkers and neuroimaging were not used to investigate the possible biological mechanism and neural basis of CI in MDD. CONCLUSIONS CI was prominent in adults with acute-onset MDD; male sex and younger age of first onset were independent risk factors, and comorbid anxiety disorders were a protective factor.
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- Meisheng Wang
- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Taizhou People's Hospital, Taizhou, China
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University (Xiamen Branch), Xiamen, China; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University Institute of Mental Health (Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University Institute of Mental Health (Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University Institute of Mental Health (Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Nankai University Affiliated Anding Hospital, Tianjin Mental Health Center, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Dalian Seventh People's Hospital, Dalian, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Mental Health Institute of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University Institute of Mental Health (Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University Institute of Mental Health (Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University Institute of Mental Health (Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
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Xiang Y, Li Y, Shu C, Liu Z, Wang H, Wang G. Prefrontal Cortex Activation During Verbal Fluency Task and Tower of London Task in Schizophrenia and Major Depressive Disorder. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:709875. [PMID: 34690828 PMCID: PMC8531213 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.709875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background: Cognitive dysfunction is a common clinical feature of mental disorders. A number of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) studies have shown reduced prefrontal activation during the verbal fluency task (VFT) in schizophrenia (SZ) and major depressive disorder (MDD). However, no studies have examined and compared the brain activation patterns during the Tower of London (TOL), which is another classic, high-sensitivity executive function testing tool, in these two serious mental disorders. This study aimed to assess the characteristics of brain activation during the two different cognitive tasks in SZ and MDD patients. Methods: This study recruited 30 patients with SZ, 30 patients with MDD, and 30 demographically matched healthy controls (HCs). The hemodynamic changes of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) were measured using 32-channel fNIRS during performance of the TOL task and VFT task. Results: SZ patients showed poorer VFT performance than MDD patients and HCs, and the two patient groups showed poorer TOL performance than HCs. Compared to HCs, both of the patient groups exhibited a significant decreased activation in the extensive PFC. Particularly in certain channels in the dorsolateral PFC (DLPFC), SZ patients exhibited significantly decreased hemodynamic changes than the MDD patients. Conclusions: Patients with SZ and MDD have different levels of impairment in different cognitive domains and different patterns of brain activation during the two cognitive tasks. Further research is needed to determine the use of fNIRS for clinical evaluation and diagnosis.
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- Yilei Xiang
- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Department of Psychiatry, Zhongxiang Hospital of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Zhongxiang, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Institute of Neurology and Psychiatry Research, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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