Department of Affective and Psychotic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz invites patients aged >= 18 years with depressive disorders to participate in the study on probiotics effectiveness in depressive symptoms, anxiety, stress and parameters of metabolism, inflammation, oxidative stress and fecal macrobiota.

The study lasts 20 weeks including 60 days of supplementation with the analysed substance. The study protocol involves: 1 or 2 online meetings, 2 or 3 on-site meetings, 3 short meetings by phone/e-mail. Additionally, two blood and stool samples will be collected for analyses.

We offer:

• Specialist psychiatric consultation;
• An opportunity of supplementation with certified probiotic strains;
• Metabolic health assessment;
• Peripheral blood laboratory tests i.a. TBC, lipid profile, AST, ALT, glucose;
• fecal macrobiota analysis;
• further on, the assessment of oxidative stress and inflammatory parameters.

More information on contacting the researchers: Oliwia Gawlik-Kotelnicka MD, PhD oliwia.gawlik@umed.lodz.pl; phone: 603819776
Anna Skowrońska: anna.zabka@gmail.com

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