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Sex-Specific Distributed White Matter Microarchitectural Alterations in Preadolescent Youths With Anxiety Disorders: A Mega-Analytic Study
CONCLUSIONS: In addition to confirming male-specific anxiety disorder-related reductions in UF FA, the results demonstrate that anxiety disorders in boys and not girls are associated with broadly distributed WM alterations across the brain. These findings support further studies focused on understanding the extent to which WM alterations in boys with anxiety disorders are involved in pathophysiological processes that mediate anxiety disorders. The findings also suggest the possibility that WM microarchitecture could serve as a novel treatment target for childhood anxiety disorders.PMID:38476042 | DOI:10.1176/appi.ajp.20221...
Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - March 13, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nakul Aggarwal Do P M Tromp Jennifer U Blackford Daniel S Pine Patrick H Roseboom Lisa E Williams Ned H Kalin Source Type: research

Multiple sclerosis and personality traits: associations with depression and anxiety
ConclusionThe co-occurrence of depression and anxiety is probably associated with neuroticism among pwMS. Additionally, the impact of personality traits extends to influencing key disease aspects such as physical disability and disease duration in MS. (Source: European Journal of Medical Research)
Source: European Journal of Medical Research - March 12, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: research

Assessing anxiety symptom severity in Rwandese adolescents: cross-gender measurement invariance of GAD-7
ConclusionThe GAD-7 can be used in cross-group comparison of generalized anxiety disorder prevalence, and we acknowledge that full scalar invariance is generally difficult to confirm, especially due to gender differences. We recommend that future studies further investigate populations living in rural areas and conduct trials that will focus on anxiety-specific treatment in Rwandan Clinical health care centers to determine the diagnostic accuracy of this screening tool. (Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry)
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - March 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Psychological distress, vaccine, and booster acceptance in women considering or undergoing fertility treatments during the Omicron surge of the COVID-19 pandemic
ConclusionThe majority of women in this study were vaccinated and had received their booster dose but also with clinically significant levels of depression. Patients with higher levels of distress and greatest medical mistrust demonstrated a concern that the Omicron variant would delay treatment, lead to suboptimal fertility outcomes, and COVID-19 vaccination would impact risk of miscarriages. (Source: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics)
Source: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - March 9, 2024 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research