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Mild COVID Cognition Improved After Alpha/Delta and Omicron

by GLOOM

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 …

Trauma Disrupts Parent-Child Fear Extinction in Youth With PTSD Symptoms

by GLOOM

MHD featured image for parent-child trauma, fear extinction, and PTSD symptoms.

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 …