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Impact of Conversational and Animation Features of a Mental Health App Virtual Agent on Depressive Symptoms and User Experience Among College Students: Randomized Controlled Trial

JMIR Ment Health. 2025 Apr 11;12:e67381. doi: 10.2196/67381. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Numerous mental health apps purport to alleviate depressive symptoms. Strong evidence suggests that brief cognitive …

Adapting Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents in Iraq via Mobile Apps: Qualitative Study of Usability and Outcomes

JMIR Pediatr Parent. 2025 Apr 11;8:e67137. doi: 10.2196/67137. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression, are increasingly common among adolescents. Mobile health (mHealth) …

Poor performance of PHQ-9 and GAD-7 in screening clinical depression and anxiety among a large sample of Chinese children and adolescents

BMC Psychiatry. 2025 Mar 29;25(1):301. doi: 10.1186/s12888-025-06754-y. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) are widely used symptom-based …

Early Bullying’s Long Shadow: How Victimization in Childhood and Adolescence is Associated with University Students’ Mental Health and Loneliness

J Interpers Violence. 2025 Mar 29:8862605251327392. doi: 10.1177/08862605251327392. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Bullying victimization in childhood and adolescence is widely acknowledged for its detrimental …

Status and epidemiological characteristics of depression and anxiety among Chinese university students in 2023

BMC Public Health. 2025 Mar 28;25(1):1189. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-22443-7. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: This study aims to understand the status of depression and anxiety among Chinese university students …

The relationship between childhood trauma and internet addiction in adolescents with depression: the mediating role of insomnia and alexithymia

BMC Psychiatry. 2025 Mar 28;25(1):298. doi: 10.1186/s12888-025-06739-x. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The correlation between depressive symptoms and internet addiction in adolescents is strengthened, and childhood trauma is …

Psychiatric disorder, traumatic experience and social deprivation in distinct subtypes of suicide attempt: a cross-national study using latent class analysis

BMC Public Health. 2025 Mar 28;25(1):1181. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-22159-8. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Suicide attempts are critical predictors of suicide. Developing typologies of suicide attempt may indicate new …

A national survey of suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury in bipolar disorder: insights from network analysis

BMC Psychiatry. 2025 Mar 28;25(1):297. doi: 10.1186/s12888-025-06750-2. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: There is a high prevalence of suicidal ideation (SI), suicide attempts (SA), and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) …