Adults with inborn errors of immunity, also called primary immunodeficiency, who cut back social contact to avoid infections reported more depression and anxiety symptoms. A 2026 German clinic study of 143 patients also found that about 1 in 4 people with significant symptoms had never been diagnosed.1 Research Highlights Isolation went with higher symptom scores: …
When teens with depression were hospitalized after a suicide attempt, they and their parents described stress moving in both directions, from child to parent and back again. That pattern came from separate interviews with 12 teens and 12 of their parents at a psychiatric hospital in China.1 Research Highlights Parents’ moods reached their teens: all …
Mice that only watched another mouse being attacked developed anxiety- and depression-like behavior, but milder and narrower changes than mice that were attacked themselves, according to a 2026 study in male mice.1 Research Highlights Both kinds of stress caused social avoidance: after 14 days, attacked mice and witness mice both spent less time near a …
Chinese teens aged 10 to 15 who trusted the people around them less had more depressive symptoms 2 years later, in a 2026 study that followed 971 teens. Frequent arguments with parents and low satisfaction with teachers were also linked to higher scores.1 Research Highlights Social trust ranked first: of 13 factors measured in 2020, …
About 1 in 5 adults receiving outpatient psychiatric care for mood or anxiety-related conditions in Japan met full diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety disorder, a 2026 study at 22 clinics found. Most of them had a different main diagnosis on file, usually depression.1 Research Highlights 20.4% had GAD: 83 of 407 outpatients met DSM-5 criteria …
People on hemodialysis in Japan who received a small card summing up their own life story described it as a keepsake, a way to be heard and a source of courage to keep going, according to a 2026 interview study of 21 patients.1 Research Highlights A one-page life story: researchers with dialysis nursing experience interviewed …
University students with subthreshold depression, meaning real depressive symptoms that fall short of a major depression diagnosis, had stronger connections in 3 cingulate brain circuits and slightly higher levels of 3 inflammatory proteins than healthy students, according to a 2026 brain-imaging study from China.1 Research Highlights Stronger cingulate connections: resting brain scans of 126 students …