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Early Mental Illness Severity Tracks Genetics and Brain Volume in PRONIA

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A 2026 PRONIA preprint involving 727 discovery-sample participants found that early mental illness severity cut across psychosis risk, recent psychosis, and recent depression: groups with higher symptom severity also had poorer functioning, higher schizophrenia and depression polygenic risk, and lower gray matter volume. Research Highlights Severity crossed diagnostic labels: Ye et al. stratified 727 participants …

Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Perfectionism: r = 0.32 Meta-Analysis

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A 2026 meta-analysis of 34 studies involving 13,107 participants found that body dysmorphic disorder symptoms and perfectionism were moderately correlated: r = .32, 95% CI 0.28 to 0.36, p < .001. The result supports perfectionism as a useful clinical clue in body dysmorphic disorder, but the estimate dropped to r = .09 after depression adjustment …

PTSD Social Function Therapy Improved Family Function in Older Veterans

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A 2026 pilot randomized trial involving 36 older U.S. veterans with PTSD symptoms found that a structured social-function group therapy produced stronger signals for romantic and family functioning than a support group, with condition-by-time effects of eta-squared = 0.072 and eta-squared = 0.112. The same trial did not show a specific advantage for friendships and …

Latin American Drug Checking Services Face Legal and Funding Barriers

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A 2026 survey of 38 drug checking services found that Latin American programs faced a different operating reality than US programs: funding was a major barrier more often (80% vs. 54%), drug checking equipment was legally permitted less often (44% vs. 75%), and law enforcement confiscation of checking supplies was reported more often (38% vs. …

Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Reduced Healthcare-Worker Anxiety in 68-Person Trial

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A 68-person randomized trial in Indian healthcare workers found a narrow but useful pattern: combined yoga plus Bhagavad Gita teaching beat usual care immediately on GAD-7 anxiety scores (p = 0.009), while Gita teaching alone beat usual care at 45 days (p = 0.047).1 Yoga alone improved within its own arm, but it did not …

Facial Palsy Telerehabilitation Reduced Anxiety in 16-Patient Pilot

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A 16-patient pilot study after facial reanimation surgery found that online emotional training and in-person emotional training both reduced anxiety and improved facial movement; FDI physical function changed by 21.25 points in the in-person group vs. 7.5 points in the online group.1 Research Highlights Small pilot, real recovery signal: Guidetti et al. followed 16 adults …

Hybrid Work Improved Psychosocial Work Experience in Women 4.3 Points

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A 148-worker Swedish longitudinal study found that psychosocial work experience improved after hybrid work was implemented, with total Work Experience Measurement Scale scores rising from 71.2 to 74.3 and the clearest subgroup signal appearing in women: +4.3 points vs. -1.2 points in men.1 Research Highlights Work experience improved: total WEMS scores increased from 71.2 before …