The current state of research for psychobiotics use in the management of psychiatric disorders-A systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT: The need to find new therapeutic interventions in patients diagnosed with psychiatric disorders is supported by the data suggesting high rates of relapse, chronic evolution, therapeutic resistance, or lack of adherence and disability. The use of pre-, pro-, or synbiotics as add-ons in the therapeutic management of psychiatric disorders has been explored as a new way to augment the efficacy of psychotropics and to improve the chances for these patients to reach response or remission. This systematic literature review focused on the efficacy and tolerability of psychobiotics in the main categories of psychiatric disorders and it has been conducted through the most important electronic databases and clinical trial registers, using the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. The quality of primary and seconda

SUBMITTER: Vasiliu O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9996157 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature