Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) may be important for the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders but research with preadolescent children has relied entirely on questionnaire measures to assess IU. Here we aimed to...
It is established that the severity of depressive and anxiety symptoms is associated with poorer quality of life (QOL) in persons with drug-resistant epilepsy. We aimed to verify the presence of subsyndromic depressive episodes...
Effective and targeted interventions for improving quality of life (QOL) in addition to achieving ‘clinical remission’ are imperatives for patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). This study aimed to examine...
About every fourth patient with major depressive disorder (MDD) shows evidence of systemic inflammation. Previous studies have shown inflammation-depression associations of multiple serum inflammatory markers and multiple...
Anhedonia is a core symptom of major depressive disorder (MDD) and often associated with poor prognosis. The main objective of the present study was to explore the relationship between complement factor H (CFH), inflammatory...
In recent years, agonists of the 5-HT receptor have gained increasing attention for their potential therapeutic use to treat psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression. Here, we report the development and validation...
People with epilepsy (PWE) are at an increased risk of anxiety, depression, and suicidality. Young adulthood is a critical developmental period which can be complicated by the unique challenges of having epilepsy. The risk...
The mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) and its ligand aldosterone have been found to play a major role in the pathophysiology of depression. Both could be targets of therapeutic interventions. We analyzed laboratory data and...
Previous studies have examined the impact of material financial hardship on cancer screening but without focusing on the psychological aspects of financial hardship.This study examined the effects of different types of financial...
This paper presents a quantitative and qualitative study exploring patients’ knowledge and experience of hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT).Participants included 29 patients with appropriate indications who were...
The Metacognitions about Online Gaming Scale (MOGS) measures maladaptive metacognitions about online gaming. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate psychometric properties of the MOGS, including its factor structure,...
Placental 11β-HSD2 has been a focus of research for understanding potential fetal programming associated with maternal emotional disorders. This study examined the pathway from antenatal mental health via placental 11β-HSD2 mRNA...
