Thyroid Function and Depression

TY - CHAP

T1 - Thyroid Function and Depression

AU - Jørgensen, Martin B.

AU - Feldt-rasmussen, Ulla

PY - 2018/1/1

Y1 - 2018/1/1

N2 - Depression is a mood disorder manifested by among other symptoms dysphoria, and loss of interest and energy. Its course can, to a certain degree, be affected by physiological or pathological alterations of the hypothalamus–pituitary–thyroid axis that lead to a “brain hypothyroidism,” as some authors have suggested. Thus, thyroid hormones have been proposed as adjuvant to antidepressant medications.

AB - Depression is a mood disorder manifested by among other symptoms dysphoria, and loss of interest and energy. Its course can, to a certain degree, be affected by physiological or pathological alterations of the hypothalamus–pituitary–thyroid axis that lead to a “brain hypothyroidism,” as some authors have suggested. Thus, thyroid hormones have been proposed as adjuvant to antidepressant medications.

U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.96001-X

DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.96001-X

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-0-12-812200-6

VL - 4

SP - 792

EP - 801

BT - Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases

PB - Elsevier

ER -