Psychological distress is a risk factor for dementia

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/ip-pdi011719.php

Public Release: 17-Jan-2019
Results from a Danish population-based study
IOS Press

A new study suggests that vital exhaustion - which can be perceived as an indicator of psychological distress - is a risk factor for future risk of dementia.

Researchers from the Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen have, in collaboration with the National Research Centre for the Working Environment, and the Danish Dementia Research Centre, shown that being distressed in late midlife is associated with a higher risk of dementia in later life.

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