Thin Child to Heavier Adult Linked to Depression and Anxiety
In 447,821 UK Biobank adults, those who recalled being thinner than average at age 10 and had a high adult BMI had the highest rates of later depression and anxiety.
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Celecoxib Reduced Depression-Like Behavior and Brain Inflammation in Stressed Rats
In a 2026 study of 40 male rats under 6 weeks of daily restraint stress, 2 weeks of celecoxib improved open-field, maze and swim-test behavior and lowered hippocampal TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, IL…
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Sleep and Activity Tracking Helped Tell Bipolar From Unipolar Depression
In 159 depressed adults at a Paris hospital, a model built from sleep questionnaires, wrist actigraphy and a sleep-lab night distinguished bipolar from unipolar depression (AUC 0.926 in 36 p…
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Lingering Depression Symptoms in Bipolar Disorder Linked to Poorer Functioning
In 133 bipolar I outpatients between episodes, those with mild lingering depression symptoms had poorer functioning and more self-stigma, impulsivity, and anxiety.
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Attentional Boost to Memory Stays Intact in Depression-Prone Students
In a lab study of 81 university students, those with high depression scores but no diagnosis remembered target-linked words as well as low-symptom peers. An alerting cue evened out emotional…
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Anxious Distress Did Not Differ Between Depression and Bipolar Disorder
In 202 Tokyo outpatients, about 43% of people with major depression and 43% with bipolar disorder reported anxious distress, which was linked to more severe depression in both.
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Childhood White Matter Linked to Teen Depression, With or Without ADHD
Brain scans taken at ages 8 to 13 were linked to depression scores years later, in teens with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A 2026 study followed 76 children i…
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