The prevalence of patent foramen ovale (PFO) is 15-35% among adults. The role of right-to-left shunting through the PFO, anxiety, depression, and hypoxemia in the systemic circulation remains poorly understood. Herein, we present the case of a 52-year-old woman w...
Given the paucity of knowledge on IAD in Italy, we conducted a descriptive clinical study of subjects reporting symptoms of IAD, focusing on demographic features and comorbidities. With regard to IAD phenomenology, it is thought to be similar to the that of impulse control/addictive disorders, whi...
as a stressor that contributes to depression. In the LA study, half of the LTW population was undocumented (lacked legal authorization to live/work in the U.S.), and immigration status was not significantly associated with depressive symptoms [7]. Most of the sample was born in Mexico and ...