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Psychotherapy Can Improve Grief Disorder for Bereaved Persons
6+ hour, 17+ min ago (222+ words) For bereaved or soon-to-be bereaved people, individual psychotherapy can improve grief, depressive symptoms, and grief disorder. HealthDay News " Individual psychotherapy can improve grief disorder, grief, and depression symptoms for bereaved or soon-to-be bereaved persons, according to a review published online…...
Incidence of Psychotic Disorders Higher in More Recent Birth Cohorts
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (275+ words) Recent birth cohorts have an increased incidence of psychotic disorders, suggesting a trend of increasing psychotic disorder incidence. HealthDay News " The incidence of psychotic disorders has increased in more recent birth cohorts, according to a study published online Feb 2 in…...
Asthma-Related Depression Biologically Differs From Primary Depression
1+ week, 3+ day ago (217+ words) Brain-derived neurotrophic factor appears to be positively associated with asthma severity and depressive symptoms in patients with asthma. HealthDay News " Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is positively associated with both depressive symptoms and asthma severity in patients with asthma, according to…...
Elevated Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Linked to Depressive Disorder
2+ week, 3+ day ago (210+ words) Elevated NLR appears to be associated with higher prevalence of depressive disorder (DD) and increased suicide risk among those with DD. HealthDay News " An elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is associated with a higher prevalence of depressive disorder (DD) and with increased suicide risk…...
Theta Oscillations Predict Time to Psychosis Conversion in High-Risk Patients
3+ week, 3+ day ago (226+ words) Study individuals (N =821; age range, 12-35 years; sex distribution was similar) were categorized into a CHR-P (n =580) and a control cohort (n =241). After taking the SIPS, 77 were Certified in Healthcare Research Compliance (CHR-C), who converted to psychosis, and 238 were Clinical High-Risk,…...
Body Dissatisfaction Linked to Eating Disorder, Depressive Symptoms
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (258+ words) Eating disorder and depressive symptoms may be causally increased by higher body dissatisfaction scores in teen and early adulthood years. HealthDay News " Body dissatisfaction may causally increase eating disorder and depressive symptoms, according to a study published in the January…...
FDA Clears At-Home Cranial Electrotherapy for Depression
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (297+ words) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Flow, a prescription home-based cranial electrotherapy stimulator, for the treatment of moderate to severe major depressive disorder (MDD) in the current episode, either as monotherapy or as an adjunctive treatment, in patients 18 years…...
Neural Coactivation Subtypes in Mood Disorders Not Diagnosis-Specific
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (240+ words) Mood disorders include distinct coactivation patterns (CAPs); however, these patterns may not be specific to a diagnosis, according to study results published in Molecular Psychiatry. Previous research has indicated the presence of shared overlapping symptoms and clinical features of major…...
Ketogenic Diet May Improve Symptoms of Depression, But Not Anxiety
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (210+ words) Depressive symptoms among adults may modestly improve with a ketogenic diet, but there is inconclusive evidence about its effect on anxiety, according to study results published in JAMA Psychiatry. Participants were adults aged at least 18 years using a ketogenic diet…...
Neural Efficiency May Be a Potential Biomarker for Anxiety in Adolescents
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (182+ words) Neural efficiency may be a biomarker for anxiety and response to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) among children, according to a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Researchers from Freiburg University in Germany and Tel Aviv University in Israel…...