The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
not only did participants with the highest levels of adrenaline have the highest levels of complicated grief symptoms post-treatment, but the predictive relationship between these two things, adrenaline and complicated grief, was not seen in depression.
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What they found was that "participants", again, this is human subjects, "with the highest levels of epinephrine, of adrenaline, pre-treatment, had the highest levels of complicated grief symptoms post-treatment, and that could account for their baseline level of symptoms."
The present study supports the hypothesis that catecholamine levels," again epinephrine, dopamine norepinephrine are the catecholamines, "are affected by bereavement and in turn, can affect the ability of those with complicated grief to benefit from psychotherapy."