Sleep 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 conditions than men, although average scores were low.1 Research Highlights Three main bridges: a questionnaire item on thoughts of death or self-harm, sleep difficulties and feeling tired …
A 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 persistent neuropsychological test deficits vs. population norms. Psychiatric symptoms and fatigue were also broadly similar across variants.1 Research Highlights 55 adults were assessed: 27 were infected during the Alpha/Delta era and 28 …
A 97-dyad adolescent fMRI study found that trauma-exposed youth with high posttraumatic stress symptoms did not use parent-observed safety learning in the usual way: their arousal rose to a safety cue during vicarious extinction, F(1,159) = 4.81, p = 0.029, and parent-child physiological synchrony no longer predicted lower skin conductance during early safety learning.1 The …