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Role of antioxidants in generalised anxiety disorder and depression

Author(s) -

Medhavi Gautam,

Mukta Agrawal,

Manaswi Gautam,

Praveen Sharma,

AnitaSharma Gautam,

Shiv Gautam

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

indian journal of psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 1998-3794

pISSN - 0019-5545

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.102424

Subject(s) - depression (economics) , anxiety , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics

Anxiety and depression form commonest stress-induced psychiatric disorders. To combat the biochemical changes which occur as a result of stress, there is antioxidant defence in the biological system. Secondary defence is by the nonenzymatic antioxidants like vitamins E (alphatocopherol), C (ascorbic acid), and β-carotene. Therefore, the authors interest was aroused to examine the status of these antioxidants in the biological system of patients suffering from stress-induced psychiatric disorders.

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