The early identification and treatment of psychiatric disorders might reduce a person's risk of developing dementia. New research explains the link.
, developmental, behavioral, physiological disturbance [eating disorders, sleep disorders, etc.], and unspecified disorders). Individuals who did not seek treatment for psychiatric symptoms were classified in the group without psychiatric disorders.
Previously, these investigators found that psychiatric disorders are associated with evidence of premature aging as individuals mature to middle. In the present study, the investigators found an overall 4-fold increased risk for developing Alzheimer's disease or other dementias in those with a prior history of psychiatric disorders. The increased relative risk for developing symptomatic Alzheimer's disease was 2.8; the increased risk for all other dementias was 5.9.
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