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Cancer patients may be more susceptible to developing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic, reports a recent study.

Ulcerative colitis patients suffer from higher levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms, a recent study has found. In addition, disease activity seems to be a good predictor of the severity of these symptoms.

Vitiligo patients suffer from greater levels of depression and anxiety, both of which appear to be associated with serum levels of corticotropin releasing hormone, reveals a recent study.

Frontline nurses in Singapore and Japan are at risk of prolonged psychological distress after caring for COVID-19 patients, according to a recent study. Such distress also persists in healthcare workers who have underlying medical conditions or who have dealt with an outbreak in the hospital.

Amblyopic children are at an increased risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), reports a recent Korea study. Deficits in the development of fine motor skills may contribute to such a correlation.