Nichol Wong

Asst Prof @Psychology, EdUHK

[The University of Hong Kong @HKUniversity]

Loneliness is more likely to cause depression if one keeps ruminating on how lonely they are, HKU scientists have shown. The research team was led by Professor Tatia M.C. Lee, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chair Professor of Psychological Science and Clinical Psychology and May Professor in Neuropsychology at HKU. The researchers applied network analysis to a sample of 900 adults in China during the #Covid19 #pandemic. They found that ruminating on the feeling of loneliness was the key underlying factor that modulated the loneliness-depression relationship. The results were published in Nature Mental Health. The researchers suggest that depression treatment therapies should target the link between frequently feeling lonely and ruminating on loneliness, in order to deactivate the network of loneliness, rumination, and depression.

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#HKU #香港大學 #UniversityofHongKong #mentalhealth #Covid19 #depression #psychology

[TheBrainDriver tDCS Peak Performance Technologies @thebraindriver]

Evaluating the effects of tDCS on depressive and anxiety symptoms from a transdiagnostic perspective #Psychiatry
@nature @thebraindriver @msnbc #tDCS #BrainStimulation #HolisticHealth #Naturopathy #ChiropracticCare
#FunctionalMedicine
#IntegrativeHealth
https://t.co/NXmc33x02v

[Nature Mental Health @NatMentHealth]

💡 Using #MRI and connectome-based predictive modelling, @Mengxia_Gao & colleagues show that 🧠 connectivity data can predict #suicide risk in patients with late-life #depression
@nmlwong @HKUniversity
https://t.co/5awIpX8iuc

[Leonhard Schilbach @leoschilbach]

Differences in social brain function in autism spectrum disorder are linked to the serotonin transporter: A randomised placebo-controlled single-dose crossover trial https://t.co/zIQ3WPSc5Y

[Communications Biology @CommsBio]

A study on patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) suggests that a specific sadness-processing connection between the amygdala and pons appears to be dysfunctional among people with MDD and associated with severity of depression.

https://t.co/eeSxAnKPhY