MDD polygenic scores show adolescence-specific effects on child depressive symptoms in Norwegian cohort
Teen Depression Linked to Genes That "Switch On" at Puberty
This cohort study of children from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort assessed depressive symptoms at ages 8 and 14. Children's o…
Your teen's depression risk may be written in their genes, but only becomes visible during puberty's hormonal storm.
Prenatal parabens exposure linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes in mothers with depressive symptoms in Ningxia, China.
Depression Makes Chemicals Worse for Babies
This prospective cohort study of 934 mother-infant pairs in Ningxia, China, examined associations between prenatal parabens exposure and adv…
Mental health and chemical exposure work together to hurt pregnancy outcomes more than either one does alone.
GP psychoeducation sessions show no significant effect on depressive symptoms in primary care patients
Brief German study shows GP-led sessions improved patient knowledge and activation, but did not significantly reduce depressive symptoms.
A cluster-randomized controlled trial of 121 primary care patients with depressive symptoms found that four individual psychoeducation sessi…
A German study found that general practitioner-led sessions improved patient knowledge and engagement, though they did not significantly red…
AI CBT chatbot access reduces anxiety and depression symptoms in Brazilian primary care patients
Could a chatbot ease anxiety for patients near a specific care threshold?
A quasi-experimental study of 43,287 primary care patients in Brazil found that access to an AI-powered CBT chatbot causally reduced PHQ-ADS…
Patients near a care threshold who used an AI chatbot saw real improvements in anxiety and depression over 12 weeks in Brazil.
P50 sensory gating deficits linked to depressive symptoms in adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury
Brain signal differences found in teens who self-harm and have depression
An observational study of 86 adolescents with NSSI and 50 healthy controls found P50 sensory gating deficits (higher S2/S1 ratio and S2 ampl…
Teens who self-harm and feel depressed show weaker brain signals that make it harder to filter out repeated sounds.
Dance interventions improve quality of life and reduce depressive symptoms in breast cancer survivors
Dance programs may improve quality of life for women with breast cancer
A meta-analysis of 12 RCTs in women with breast cancer found dance interventions significantly improved quality of life (SMD=0.62) and reduc…
A review of 12 studies found that dance interventions significantly improved quality of life and reduced depressive symptoms for women with …
Group Metacognitive Therapy Shows Large Symptom Reductions in Students with Anxiety
Group therapy for student anxiety shows promising results in small, early study
An uncontrolled pre-post study of students with anxiety disorders or elevated symptoms found group Metacognitive Therapy (gMCT) delivered in…
Group therapy for student anxiety showed large symptom reductions and lasting benefits in an early study at a university clinic in Oslo.