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Use of antipsychotics, particularly long-acting injectables, results in nearly 30‒50-percent reduced risk of work disability among individuals with first-episode nonaffective psychosis compared with nonuse, a study has shown. This benefit persists beyond 5 years after first diagnosis.

Among older adults, depressive symptoms aggravate the worsening of cognition, gait speed, and other comorbidities on disability, a recent study has found.

A group-based mindfulness intervention during pregnancy appears to favourably affect the well-being of women, with the benefit persisting through the postpartum period, as shown in a recent study.

Peer victimization, or bullying, appears to be highly prevalent among youth, according to a recent Singapore study. In turn, bullying aggravates depressive symptoms and worsens quality of life.

Lower levels of zinc in hair may be a warning signal for psychosis among treatment-naïve adolescents, a study has found.