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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…
Read articleIn 133 bipolar I outpatients between episodes, those with mild lingering depression symptoms had poorer functioning and more self-stigma, impulsivity, and anxiety.
Read articleIn 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…
Read articleIn 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.
Read articleBrain 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…
Read articleChildren and teens in cancer treatment who felt their family worked well together reported fewer sleep problems, in a 2026 study of 518 young patients in China.1 Lower depression and anxiety…
Read articleAdults with physical disabilities who were kinder to themselves and more psychologically flexible reported fewer symptoms of depression, according to a 2026 US survey. Shame was also less cl…
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