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Patients, family members, and healthcare professionals experience multifaceted losses and grief during this COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Singapore study. Moreover, the impact of COVID-19 and current societal restrictions causes those afflicted to fear for their future, further worsening their emotional and psychological well-being.

Perceived public stigma (PPS) towards psychosis has remained static over 9 years in Hong Kong, with different education groups showing unique patterns of changes in PPS and endorsement of medication treatment across the years, researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have reported.

Men and women with treated depression appear to be less likely to have children or have fewer children relative to their counterparts without the condition, a study has found.

Individuals with nonaffective psychotic disorders appear to have a twofold higher risk of developing subsequent dementia compared with those who do not have such disorders, as reported in a recent study.

Sexual dysfunction in women is associated with several factors, including senility, dissatisfaction with sleep, not having a partner, complaints of depression, low education, insufficient income, and worse perception of global health, according to a Brazil study.