Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 1238

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National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Interests: neuropsychiatry; mania; MRI

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

With the ongoing changes in social pressure and our contemporary lifestyles, the incidence of neuropsychiatric disorders (including autism, depression, mania, etc.) is on the rise, becoming a global health issue. Due to these disorders’ complex and diverse symptoms and the fact that many diseases overlap, there are many difficulties in diagnosis and a high risk of misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis. This Special Issue aims to share the latest advancements in the diagnosis and management of neuropsychiatric disorders, explore pathogenic mechanisms, focus on the latest diagnostic technologies, and help patients receive timely and correct treatment. The scope includes but is not limited to the following:

  1. Pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disorders;
  2. Imaging diagnosis of neuropsychiatric disorders;
  3. Biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of neuropsychiatric disorders;
  4. Prognostic evaluation of neuropsychiatric disorder treatment.

We welcome your contributions.

Dr. Jesús Ramírez-Bermúdez
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • neuropsychiatric disorders
  • autism
  • mania
  • depression
  • imaging
  • pathogenesis

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AI-Enhanced Predictive Modeling for Identifying Depression and Delirium in Cardiovascular Patients Scheduled for Cardiac Surgery
by Karina Nowakowska, Antonis Sakellarios, Jakub Kaźmierski, Dimitrios I. Fotiadis and Vasileios C. Pezoulas
Diagnostics 2024, 14(1), 67; https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14010067 - 27 Dec 2023
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Several studies have demonstrated a critical association between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mental health, revealing that approximately one-third of individuals with CVD also experience depression. This comorbidity significantly increases the risk of cardiac complications and mortality, a risk that persists regardless of traditional [...] Read more.
Several studies have demonstrated a critical association between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mental health, revealing that approximately one-third of individuals with CVD also experience depression. This comorbidity significantly increases the risk of cardiac complications and mortality, a risk that persists regardless of traditional factors. Addressing this issue, our study pioneers a straightforward, explainable, and data-driven pipeline for predicting depression in CVD patients. Methods: Our study was conducted at a cardiac surgical intensive care unit. A total of 224 participants who were scheduled for elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) were enrolled in the study. Prior to surgery, each patient underwent psychiatric evaluation to identify major depressive disorder (MDD) based on the DSM-5 criteria. An advanced data curation workflow was applied to eliminate outliers and inconsistencies and improve data quality. An explainable AI-empowered pipeline was developed, where sophisticated machine learning techniques, including the AdaBoost, random forest, and XGBoost algorithms, were trained and tested on the curated data based on a stratified cross-validation approach. Results: Our findings identified a significant correlation between the biomarker “sRAGE” and depression (r = 0.32, p = 0.038). Among the applied models, the random forest classifier demonstrated superior accuracy in predicting depression, with notable scores in accuracy (0.62), sensitivity (0.71), specificity (0.53), and area under the curve (0.67). Conclusions: This study provides compelling evidence that depression in CVD patients, particularly those with elevated “sRAGE” levels, can be predicted with a 62% accuracy rate. Our AI-driven approach offers a promising way for early identification and intervention, potentially revolutionizing care strategies in this vulnerable population. Full article
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