B-GROUP vitamins may be beneficial for maintaining concentration skills among people experiencing a first episode of psychosis, a study by researchers from Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, has found.
A first episode of psychosis can be a precursor to developing schizophrenia but psychotic symptoms may also be associated with bipolar disorder or severe depression, researchers explained.
Published in Biological Psychiatry, the study concluded that results "support a personalised medicine approach to vitamin supplementation in first-episode psychosis".
Access the Australian study at biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com.
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