The number of Scottish veterans who develop dementia in later life is no greater than in the wider community, according to new research.
The study, led by the University of Glasgow, funded by Forces in Mind Trust and published in Psychological Medicine, compared veterans with people who had never served, and found that there were no more cases of dementia than in the non-veterans.
The research confirmed the finding of other studies: that having been diagnosed with PTSD or depression is associated with increased risk of dementia in the long term. Researchers found this was the same for both veterans and non-veterans. For…
