Preventing mental disorders in young people might reduce or delay the burden of dementia in older people, according to a new study.
Investing in good mental health care for young people—including evidence-based interventions for mental health problems—could help reduce the burden of neurodegenerative disease, say researchers from the University of Michigan, Duke University and the University of Auckland.
Their study of 1.7 million New Zealanders—aged 21 to 60 years at baseline—followed across three decades (1988 to 2018) tested whether individuals with mental disorders are at increased risk for subsequent dementia.
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