2022
Lack of Robust Associations Between Prepandemic Coping Strategies and Frontolimbic Circuitry With Depression and Anxiety Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preregistered Longitudinal Study
Holt-Gosselin B, Cohodes E, McCauley S, Foster J, Odriozola P, Zacharek S, Kribakaran S, Haberman J, Hodges H, Gee D. Lack of Robust Associations Between Prepandemic Coping Strategies and Frontolimbic Circuitry With Depression and Anxiety Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preregistered Longitudinal Study. Behavioral Neuroscience 2022, 136: 528-540. PMID: 36395014, PMCID: PMC9884515, DOI: 10.1037/bne0000534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrontolimbic circuitryAnxiety symptomsFunctional connectivityMental health outcomesCoping strategiesResting-state functional magnetic resonanceAdaptive coping strategiesLongitudinal studyFunctional magnetic resonanceMental health problemsACC functional connectivityAdaptive copingPreregistered hypothesesInternalizing symptomsNeurobehavioral factorsEmotional responsesPreregistered studyNeurobiological factorsOngoing stressorsElevated symptomsDepression symptomsHealth outcomesCopingCOVID-19 pandemicRobust association
2021
Greater baseline connectivity of the salience and negative affect circuits are associated with natural improvements in anxiety over time in untreated participants
Holt-Gosselin B, Keller AS, Chesnut M, Ling R, Grisanzio KA, Williams LM. Greater baseline connectivity of the salience and negative affect circuits are associated with natural improvements in anxiety over time in untreated participants. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2021, 295: 366-376. PMID: 34492429, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnxiety symptom improvementNegative affect circuitSymptoms of anxietyCognitive controlSymptom improvementSad facesLifestyle activitiesPositive affectBehavioral therapyCircuit connectivityBaseline connectivityDefault modeRight insulaPsychosocial functionSocial interactionAnxiety improvementActivity engagementDepression symptomsAnxietySalienceNeural circuit functionNatural improvementUntreated participantsCausal inferenceLimited researchCoping Strategies, Neural Structure, and Depression and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study in a Naturalistic Sample Spanning Clinical Diagnoses and Subclinical Symptoms
Holt-Gosselin B, Tozzi L, Ramirez CA, Gotlib IH, Williams LM. Coping Strategies, Neural Structure, and Depression and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study in a Naturalistic Sample Spanning Clinical Diagnoses and Subclinical Symptoms. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science 2021, 1: 261-271. PMID: 34604834, PMCID: PMC8479487, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2021.06.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnxious arousal symptomsMaladaptive coping strategiesArousal symptomsCoping strategiesSubclinical symptomsBrain regionsNeural structuresGray matter volumePreregistered hypothesesNeural factorsAnhedonia symptomsStressful eventsDepression symptomsGeneral linear mixed-effects modelsNaturalistic sampleLongitudinal studyMatter volumeAmygdala volumeAnxietyLower structural integrityCOVID-19 pandemicT1-weighted scansCortical thicknessPsychiatric diagnosisClinical symptoms