Depression Severity, Slow- versus Fast-Wave Neural Activity, and Symptoms of Melancholia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.2.1. Depression: Melancholia
2.2.2. EEG Data
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Data
3.2. EEG Ratio Data and MEL Scores
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Melancholia Symptoms | Low Energy | Loss of Interest | Impaired Concentration | Lack of Improvement in Mood | Anhedonia | Impaired Concentration | Thoughts of Death/Suicide | Thoughts of Death/Suicide |
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Items 2 | Feel tired for no reason | Do not enjoy doing the things I used to | Mind is unclear | Do not feel better when good things happen | Do not enjoy sex | Hard to make decision | Others better off if I were dead | Feel useless and not needed |
Melancholia Symptoms and Items | Anhedonia Don’t Enjoy Sex | Impaired Concentration Hard to Make Decisions | Thoughts of Death/Suicide Others Better Off If I Were Dead | Thoughts of Death/Suicide Feel Useless and Not Needed | ||||||||||||
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EEG sites | Alpha:Beta | Theta:Beta | Alpha:Beta | Theta:Beta | Alpha:Beta | Theta:Beta | Alpha:Beta | Theta:Beta | ||||||||
Dep 4 | ND 5 | Dep | ND | Dep | ND | Dep | ND | Dep | ND | Dep | ND | Dep | ND | Dep | ND | |
PO1 PO2 | 0.030 −0.028 | −0.024 0.012 | −0.069 0.077 | −0.189 0.049 | 0.260 0.254 | −0.187 −0.233 | 0.145 0.254 | −0.329 −0.346 | 0.431 0.245 | −0.038 0.094 | 0.537 0.027 | −0.132 −0.120 | 0.150 0.014 | −0.109 −0.109 | 0.037 0.064 | −0.302 −0.357 |
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Sharpley, C.F.; Bitsika, V.; Evans, I.D.; Vessey, K.A.; Jesulola, E.; Agnew, L.L. Depression Severity, Slow- versus Fast-Wave Neural Activity, and Symptoms of Melancholia. Brain Sci. 2024, 14, 607. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14060607
Sharpley CF, Bitsika V, Evans ID, Vessey KA, Jesulola E, Agnew LL. Depression Severity, Slow- versus Fast-Wave Neural Activity, and Symptoms of Melancholia. Brain Sciences. 2024; 14(6):607. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14060607
Chicago/Turabian StyleSharpley, Christopher F., Vicki Bitsika, Ian D. Evans, Kirstan A. Vessey, Emmanuel Jesulola, and Linda L. Agnew. 2024. "Depression Severity, Slow- versus Fast-Wave Neural Activity, and Symptoms of Melancholia" Brain Sciences 14, no. 6: 607. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14060607