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Late-Life Depression Often Comorbid With Dementia

The review indicated that depression late in life was associated with a significant increased risk of all-cause dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and vascular dementia, wrote Meryl Butters, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, in the May British Journal of Psychiatry. And an analysis of five studies showed that the risk of vascular dementia was significantly higher than that for Alzheimer’s disease in depressed elderly patients.

“The prevention of depression along with stimulating general healthy behaviours and lifestyles, reduction of cardiovascular burden, and other mental health-related...

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Published By: Psychiatric News - Yesterday