In middle-aged women, PTSD may be tied to quicker decline in cognitive function

Healio (7/8, VanDewater) reports, “In middle-aged women, PTSD was associated with a quicker decline in cognitive function, according to a prospective analysis of the Nurses’ Health Study II” that “assessed 12,270 women (mean age, 61.1 years; 95.9% non-Hispanic white) who had experienced trauma and were enrolled in a sub-study of the Nurses’ Health Study II focused on PTSD and had completed between one and five cognitive assessments from March 1, 2008, to July 30, 2019.” The findings were published online June 30 in JAMA Network Open.

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— “Middle-aged women with PTSD experience accelerated cognitive decline “Kalie VanDewater, Healio, July 8, 2022

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