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This small, nonrandomized pilot study gave a 30-day app-based mindfulness program (about 10 minutes per day) to 34 physicians who reported anxiety. Average anxiety scores fell by 48% after 1 month and by 57% after 3 months. Measures of burnout (cynicism and emotional exhaustion) were correlated with anxiety and also…
This study tested how burnout relates to thinking skills in working adults. Researchers gave seven different cognitive tests that measured five areas (like memory, attention, working memory, executive control, and visuospatial skills). They also measured burnout, depression, anxiety, and how much family support people felt. The main findings were that…
This study analyzed 900 adults with ADHD from a hospital program in Barcelona. It found that women had more severe ADHD symptoms, more depression and anxiety, less substance use, worse functioning, and greater disability than men, and that women were diagnosed later. The combined ADHD subtype (both inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive)…
This secondary analysis of a multisite randomized trial compared cognitive effects of repeated IV ketamine (six treatments) and electroconvulsive therapy (nine sessions) in 365 people with treatment-resistant depression. After the 3-week treatment course, the ECT group did worse than the ketamine group on four objective cognitive tests (P < .001).…
