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In 108 university students, depression scores fell after 4 psychodynamic counseling sessions and stayed lower at 3 months; anxiety dropped only at follow-up. There was no control group.
Read articleIn a survey of 246 Saudi women on adjuvant breast cancer treatment, 54% screened positive for depression and 50% for anxiety; chemotherapy was linked to scores about 9.5 points higher.
Read articleIn 2,596 Chinese women aged 45 to 59, a score combining blood sugar, triglycerides and frailty was linked to depressive symptoms and, more weakly, to cognitive impairment at a single visit.
Read articleIn a 29-person randomized trial, 2 weeks of motor cortex rTMS lowered nerve pain after spinal cord injury more than sham. Depression and anxiety fell in the active group but did not beat sha…
Read articleAt a Korean hospital, nearly 1 in 4 women screened positive for depression after birth, and a similar share for anxiety, but only 7 of 66 women referred to psychiatry attended a first visit …
Read articleIn an eye-tracking study of 103 Norwegian students, higher neuroticism was linked to faster first looks at fearful and sad faces. Anxiety symptoms sped up looks at all emotional faces, and d…
Read articleIn a Spanish cohort of 3,085 adults aged 65 and older followed up to 23 years, depressive symptoms were linked to a 1.76-times higher risk of Alzheimer's-coded death, and 2.23 times in women…
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