Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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2 papers

Interoceptive awareness in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Jan R. Wiersema, Elke Godefroid
PLoS ONE Summary & key facts 2018 20 citations

This 2018 study asked whether adults with ADHD can notice their bodily signals (interoceptive awareness). The researchers compared 24 adults with ADHD to 23 adults without ADHD. They used a heartbeat perception task (an objective test) and a questionnaire (a subjective test). Both groups performed similarly on both measures. The…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Reward-related self-agency is disturbed in depression and anxiety

Marishka Mehta, Soojung Na, Xiaosi Gu, James W. Murrough, Laurel Morris
PLoS ONE Summary & key facts 2023 5 citations

Researchers tested a new task that measures how people feel they caused rewards or losses. They studied 52 healthy adults and 20 adults with depression or anxiety in person, and 254 people online. Healthy people felt more personal control after wins than after losses. People with depression or anxiety showed…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
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