| BD | Bipolar Disorder |
| CRP | C-reactive Protein |
| FM | Fibromyalgia |
| GRADE | Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation |
| HC | Healthy Controls |
| HPA | Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| LD | Linear Dichroism |
| MDD | Major Depressive Disorder |
| NAC | N-Acetylcysteine |
| PNEI | Psycho Neuro-Endocrine Immunology |
| PRDM | Psychology of Reasoning and Decision-Making |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RCTs | Randomized Controlled Trials |
| SLE | Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
| SNRI | Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor |
| SSRI | Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor |
| TLA | Three-Letter Acronym |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha |