Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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2 papers

The prevalence and burden of subthreshold generalized anxiety disorder: a systematic review

Heidemarie Haller, Holger Cramer, Romy Lauche, Florian Gaß, Gustav Dobos
BMC Psychiatry Summary & key facts 2014 270 citations

The article describes “high functioning anxiety” as a way some people with anxiety symptoms talk about their experience, not as an official medical diagnosis. It says people can look successful and cope outwardly while having common anxiety symptoms, and that diagnosis can be hard because the symptom effects may be…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Relationship between depressive symptoms and anemia among the middle-aged and elderly: a cohort study over 4-year period

Congqi Liu, Ruihao Zhou, Xilin Peng, Tao Zhu, Wei Wei, Xuechao Hao
BMC Psychiatry Summary & key facts 2023 13 citations

This study used China’s CHARLS data from 2011 and 2015 to look at people aged 45 and older. In 10,179 people at baseline, higher depressive symptom scores were linked to lower hemoglobin and to having anemia. Over 4 years (5,887 people followed), people with depressive symptoms had higher odds of…

Health disparities and outcomes Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
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