Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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2 papers

Perception of self and other in major depression.

Michael A. Gara, Robert L. Woolfolk, Bertram D. Cohen, Ruth B. Goldston, et al
Journal of Abnormal Psychology Summary & key facts 1993 116 citations

Researchers asked people with major depression and people without psychiatric disorders to write open, free descriptions of themselves and of other people. Compared with the control group, the depressed group named fewer positive traits and more negative traits for themselves and for parents and close others. A clustering analysis also…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Mental Health Research Topics

Neurophysiological activity following rewards and losses among female adolescents and young adults with borderline personality disorder.

Jeremy G. Stewart, Paris Singleton, Erik M. Benau, Dan Foti, Hannah Allchurch, Cynthia S. Kaplan, et al.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology Summary & key facts 2019 16 citations

This study recorded brain activity (EEG) while 68 females aged 13–23 (35 with borderline personality disorder, 33 healthy) did a guessing task with equal wins and losses. People with BPD showed less difference in their brain responses to wins versus losses than healthy peers. Time-frequency tests suggested this smaller difference…

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Mental Health Research Topics Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
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