Journal article
Dysfunctional Attitudes and 5-HT2 Receptors During Depression and Self-Harm
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Dysfunctional attitudes are negatively biased assumptions and beliefs regarding oneself, the world, and the future. In healthy subjects, increasing serotonin (5-HT) agonism with a single dose of d-fenfluramine lowered dysfunctional attitudes. To investigate whether the converse, a low level of 5-HT agonism, could account for the higher levels of dysfunctional attitudes observed in patients with major depression or with self-injurious …
Authors
Meyer JH; McMain S; Kennedy SH; Korman L; Brown GM; DaSilva JN; Wilson AA; Blak T; Eynan-Harvey R; Goulding VS
Journal
American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 160, No. 1, pp. 90–99
Publisher
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication Date
January 1, 2003
DOI
10.1176/appi.ajp.160.1.90
ISSN
0002-953X