The correlations between psychotic symptoms and childhood maltreatment as well as sex differences in adolescents with major depressive disorder

Childhood Maltreatment as a Predictor of Depression-Anxiety Coupling Strength

It is hypothesized that individuals with greater childhood maltreatment severity, particularly severity of emotional abuse and neglect, will exhibit stronger DACS, reflecting greater temporal coupling between depression and anxiety symptoms, and whether childhood maltreatment severity and subtype predict stronger coupl...

Differential pathways from childhood maltreatment types to non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents with depressive disorders: a serial mediation model

Background Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is prevalent among adolescents with depressive disorders, with childhood maltreatment (CM) as a key risk factor. However, how distinct CM types differentially influence NSSI risk in this population remains unclear. Moreover, emotion dysregulation and depressive symptoms have r...

Repetitive Negative Thinking and Somatic Symptoms as Mediators of the Relationship between Childhood Abuse and Depression Severity in Major Depressive Disorder

The path from childhood abuse to severe depression is characterized by a cognitive-somatic cascade: abuse fuels persistent negative thinking, which exacerbates the perception and burden of physical symptoms, ultimately deepening depressive severity.

The role of alexithymia in the association between childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms in Chinese men with methamphetamine use disorder.

Prevalence of emotional blunting and its association with childhood adverse experiences in depressive episodes

Emotional blunting (EB) is common in patients with depressive episodes. This study aimed to study its prevalence in remitted and mild-to-moderate depressive episodes, and explore its association with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). This cross-sectional study included patients aged 18–65 years with mi...

Depressive symptoms in a sample of Egyptian patients with schizophrenia: sociodemographic and clinical correlates

Recurrent depressive episodes adversely affect quality of life and treatment outcomes in cases with schizophrenia. This study determined the prevalence of depressive symptomatology among cases with schizophrenia, examined the relationship between sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and the development of depr...