Relationship between sleep disorders and gut dysbiosis: What affects what?

This 2021 literature review analyzed studies on the diversity or abundance of gut microbes in adult populations with at least one psychiatric disorder such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, psychosis and schizophrenia, anorexia nervosa, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The goal was to conduct a meta-analysis of gut microbiota […]

In this cross-sectional study by Liang et al. (2022), the authors looked at the connection between anxiety, depression, and gut microbiota, in a population of 198 older functional constipation (FC) patients (85 men and 113 women > 60 years of age). Study participants completed the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Patient Assessment of Symptoms (PAC-SYM), Generalized […]