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A 2026 adolescent depression study used resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging to test whether childhood trauma leaves a measurable network signature in the depressed teen brain…
Read articleA 5-year PPMI cohort analysis found that lower serum uric acid independently predicted incident depression in prodromal Parkinson’s disease (HR = 0.776; 95% CI 0.619-0.974; P = 0.029).1 The …
Read articleA 2026 longitudinal study found reassuring cognitive trajectories after mild-to-moderate COVID-19: Alpha/Delta and Omicron groups both improved by follow-up, and neither group showed persist…
Read articleA 2026 community survey of 945 older adults in Nepal's Far-Western Sudurpaschim Province found geriatric depression in 43.9% of participants and a strong inverse link between depression scor…
Read articleResting-state fMRI studies of postpartum depression have produced inconsistent results for years. A 2026 voxel-based meta-analysis pooled 12 studies of 475 patients and found 4 reliable regi…
Read articleA 228-person randomized trial found a split result for workplace mental-health apps: executive-function training reduced anxiety and depressive symptoms at 12-week follow-up, while a self-gu…
Read articleA 40-person pilot trial found depression remission in 69% of adults who did 30 minutes of moderate exercise before individual CBT, compared with 33% of adults who did a calming pre-CBT activ…
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