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Shahin Akhondzadeh is affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine and neuroscience, with a particular focus on psychiatry and mental health. The main fields of study addressed by their work include Medicine and Neuroscience, with subfields that strongly emphasize Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pharmacology, Biological Psychiatry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Clinical Psychology.

Their scholarly output includes numerous publications across several notable medical journals. Frequent publication venues for Shahin Akhondzadeh include the Journal of Iranian Medical Council, Avicenna Journal of Medical Biotechnology, International Clinical Psychopharmacology, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, and Archives of Iranian Medicine.

The scientist's research portfolio covers a range of topics. Key areas of focus are Tryptophan and brain disorders, Treatment of Major Depression, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Saffron Plant Research Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Frequent collaborators identified in their work comprise Ahmad Shamabadi, Hossein Sanjari Moghaddam, Kamyar Moradi, Alireza Hasanzadeh, and Sayna Bagheri.

Several recent papers highlight the scope of their research interests:

  • Clinician guidelines for the treatment of psychiatric disorders with nutraceuticals and phytoceuticals: The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) and Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) Taskforce, 2022, The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
  • Victimization by traditional bullying and cyberbullying and the combination of these among adolescents in 13 European and Asian countries, 2021, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Sulforaphane as an adjunctive treatment for irritability in children with autism spectrum disorder: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, 2020, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
  • Folinic Acid as Adjunctive Therapy in Treatment of Inappropriate Speech in Children with Autism: A Double-Blind and Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial, 2020, Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Efficacy and safety of sulforaphane for treatment of mild to moderate depression in patients with history of cardiac interventions: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, 2021, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Best Publications

  • Salvia officinalis extract in the treatment of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: a double blind, randomized and placebo-controlled trial.

    S Akhondzadeh;M Noroozian;M Mohammadi;S Ohadinia

  • Melissa officinalis extract in the treatment of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease: a double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial

    S Akhondzadeh;M Noroozian;M Mohammadi;S Ohadinia

  • Comparison of Crocus sativus L. and imipramine in the treatment of mild to moderate depression: A pilot double-blind randomized trial (ISRCTN45683816)

    Shahin Akhondzadeh;Hasan Fallah-Pour;Khosro Afkham;Amir-Hossein Jamshidi

  • Passionflower in the treatment of generalized anxiety: a pilot double-blind randomized controlled trial with oxazepam.

    Shahin Akhondzadeh;Hamid Reza Naghavi;M. Vazirian;A. Shayeganpour

  • Clinical trial of adjunctive celecoxib treatment in patients with major depression: a double blind and placebo controlled trial

    Shahin Akhondzadeh;Sara Jafari;Firoozeh Raisi;Abbas Ali Nasehi

  • Crocus sativus L. in the treatment of mild to moderate depression: a double-blind, randomized and placebo-controlled trial

    Shahin Akhondzadeh;Najaf Tahmacebi-Pour;Ahamad-Ali Noorbala;Homayoun Amini

  • Hydro-alcoholic extract of Crocus sativus L. versus fluoxetine in the treatment of mild to moderate depression: a double-blind, randomized pilot trial

    A.A. Noorbala;S. Akhondzadeh;N. Tahmacebi-Pour;A.H. Jamshidi

  • Comparison of petal of Crocus sativus L. and fluoxetine in the treatment of depressed outpatients: a pilot double-blind randomized trial.

    Afshin Akhondzadeh Basti;Esmail Moshiri;Ahamad-Ali Noorbala;Amir-Hossein Jamshidi

  • A 22-WEEK, MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND CONTROLLED TRIAL OF CROCUS SATIVUS IN THE TREATMENT OF MILD-TO-MODERATE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

    Shahin Akhondzadeh;Mehdi Shafiee Sabet;Mohammad Hossein Harirchian;Mansoreh Togha

  • Effect of celecoxib add-on treatment on symptoms and serum IL-6 concentrations in patients with major depressive disorder: Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study

    Seyed-Hesameddin Abbasi;Fahimeh Hosseini;Amirhossein Modabbernia;Mandana Ashrafi

  • Celecoxib as adjunctive therapy in schizophrenia : A double-blind, randomized and placebo-controlled trial

    Shahin Akhondzadeh;Maryam Tabatabaee;Homayoun Amini;Seyed Ali Ahmadi Abhari

  • Crocus sativus L. (petal) in the treatment of mild-to-moderate depression: a double-blind, randomized and placebo-controlled trial.

    Esmail Moshiri;Afshin Akhondzadeh Basti;Ahamad-Ali Noorbala;Amir-Hossein Jamshidi

  • Saffron in the treatment of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease: a 16‐week, randomized and placebo‐controlled trial

    S. Akhondzadeh;M. Shafiee Sabet;M. H. Harirchian;M. Togha

  • Zinc sulfate as an adjunct to methylphenidate for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: A double blind and randomized trial [ISRCTN64132371]

    Shahin Akhondzadeh;Mohammad-Reza Mohammadi;Mojgan Khademi

  • Crocus sativus L. (saffron) in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome: a double-blind, randomised and placebo-controlled trial

    M Agha-Hosseini;L Kashani;A Aleyaseen;A Ghoreishi

  • Comparison of Lavandula angustifolia Mill. tincture and imipramine in the treatment of mild to moderate depression: a double-blind, randomized trial

    Shahin Akhondzadeh;Ladan Kashani;Akbar Fotouhi;Soghra Jarvandi

  • Correlation between testosterone, gonadotropins and prolactin and severity of negative symptoms in male patients with chronic schizophrenia

    Shahin Akhondzadeh;Farzin Rezaei;Bagher Larijani;Ali-Akbar Nejatisafa

  • Effect of saffron on fluoxetine-induced sexual impairment in men: randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial

    Amirhossein Modabbernia;Hamid Sohrabi;Abbas-Ali Nasehi;Firoozeh Raisi

  • Crocus sativus L. in the treatment of mild to moderate depression: A double-blind, randomised and placebo controlled trial

    AA Noorbala;N Tahmasebi-Pour;S Akhondzadeh;M Khani

  • Comparison of petal of Crocus sativus L. and fluoxetine in the treatment of depressed outpatients: A pilot double-blind randomized trial

    L Kashani;A Noorbala;S Akhondzadeh

Frequent Co-Authors

Trevor W. Stone
Trevor W. Stone University of Oxford
Reza Malekzadeh
Reza Malekzadeh Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Masud Yunesian
Masud Yunesian Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Amir Hossein Mahvi
Amir Hossein Mahvi Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Alireza Mesdaghinia
Alireza Mesdaghinia Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Michael Krausz
Michael Krausz University of British Columbia
Bagher Larijani
Bagher Larijani Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Ahmad Esmaillzadeh
Ahmad Esmaillzadeh Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Ali Akbar Haghdoost
Ali Akbar Haghdoost Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Michael Berk
Michael Berk Deakin University

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