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In 1,616 medical students, life stress was linked to depression partly through phone-addiction scores, and that pathway was stronger in evening types. A one-time survey, so cause is unproven…
Read articleIn interviews, 24 Chinese parents of autistic children said short-video apps like Douyin taught them practical skills and gave them hope, but also fed confusion, comparison, urgency and sale…
Read articleParent ratings of 479 autistic children in China sorted into 4 social profiles. The most socially engaged group also had the most peer problems; the profiles still need replication.
Read articleChina's age-standardized anxiety burden fell 1.2% a year after 2000, yet modeled Global Burden of Disease estimates project 22% more anxiety cases by 2040, with more of the burden in middle …
Read articleAutistic children under 6 fell asleep later, woke later and slept a little less than typically developing children of the same age, according to a 2026 study from Guangzhou, China.1 Parents …
Read articleMedical and nursing students who worried more than usual about being replaced by AI reported less enthusiasm for studying at their next diary entry, according to a 10-day diary study of 751 …
Read articleSleep difficulties and tiredness were among the main symptoms linking depression and PTSD in a 2026 survey of 6,240 Chinese firefighters. Women reported somewhat higher scores for both condi…
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