The efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids for depressive symptoms among pregnant women in Japan and Taiwan: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (SYNCHRO; NCT01948596)

Daisuke Nishi; Kuan Pin Su; Kentaro Usuda; Jane Pei-Chen Chang; Yi Ju Chiang; Hui Ting Chen; Yu Chuan Chien; Tai Wei Guu; Emi Okazaki; Kei Hamazaki; Ryoko Susukida; Naoki Nakaya; Toshimasa Sone; Yo Sano; Hiroe Ito; Keiichi Isaka; Yoshiyuki Tachibana; Shinji Tanigaki; Tomo Suzuki; Kenji Hashimoto; Tomohito Hamazaki; Yutaka J. Matsuoka

doi:10.1159/000495296

The efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids for depressive symptoms among pregnant women in Japan and Taiwan: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (SYNCHRO; NCT01948596)

Daisuke Nishi
, Kuan Pin Su
, Kentaro Usuda
, Jane Pei-Chen Chang
, Yi Ju Chiang
, Hui Ting Chen
, Yu Chuan Chien
, Tai Wei Guu
, Emi Okazaki
, Kei Hamazaki
, Ryoko Susukida
, Naoki Nakaya
, Toshimasa Sone
, Yo Sano
, Hiroe Ito
, Keiichi Isaka
, Yoshiyuki Tachibana
, Shinji Tanigaki
, Tomo Suzuki
, Kenji Hashimoto

Tomohito Hamazaki, Yutaka J. Matsuoka

Tokyo Medical University
Graduate School of Medicine
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Japan
Mind-Body Interface Laboratory (MBI-Lab) and Department of Psychiatry
China Medical University Hospital Taichung
Institute of Social Psychiatry
King's College London
University of Toyama
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center
Tohoku University
Toda Chuo Women's Hospital
National Center for Child Health and Development
Kyorin University School of Medicine
Chiba University
Toyama Jonan Onsen Daini Hospital
National Cancer Center Tokyo

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	122-124
Number of pages	3
Journal	Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
Volume	88
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000495296
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2019

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Nishi, D., Su, K. P., Usuda, K., Pei-Chen Chang, J., Chiang, Y. J., Chen, H. T., Chien, Y. C., Guu, T. W., Okazaki, E., Hamazaki, K., Susukida, R., Nakaya, N., Sone, T., Sano, Y., Ito, H., Isaka, K., Tachibana, Y., Tanigaki, S., Suzuki, T., ... Matsuoka, Y. J. (2019). The efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids for depressive symptoms among pregnant women in Japan and Taiwan: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (SYNCHRO; NCT01948596). Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 88(2), 122-124. https://doi.org/10.1159/000495296

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The efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids for depressive symptoms among pregnant women in Japan and Taiwan: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (SYNCHRO; NCT01948596)

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