depressive
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The study, "Behavioral-social rhythms and insomnia symptoms: associations with pain, body mass index, and depressive symptoms among older adults," was published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
When these children experienced increases in depressive symptoms, they tended to spend less time paying attention to happy faces.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
People with a bipolar disorder diagnosis more commonly experience depressive episodes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
But in the 1985 novel told from his point of view, he’s reborn as a rock star, emerging from a long, depressive slumber just in time to seduce the MTV generation.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
It even attracted the young, depressive Franz Kafka, soon to be a great writer, now aimlessly wandering around Europe.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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