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Diagnosis Of Mental Disorders Linked To Higher Risk For Dementia Later In Life, Study Finds
Healio (2/17) reports, “Diagnosis of mental disorders was associated with an increased risk for the onset of dementia later in life, according to results of a population-based administrative register study.” The findingswere published in JAMA Psychiatry.
MedPage Today (2/17, George) reports, “This association was not explained by pre-existing chronic physical illness or socioeconomic deprivation, the researchers said.” Furthermore, “The connection was seen for both men and women, for both Alzheimer’s and non-Alzheimer’s dementia, and for different types of mental disorders.”
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— “Diagnosis of mental disorders linked to higher risk for dementia “Robert Herpen, Healio, February 17, 2022
Children With Autism More Likely To Experience Negative Changes Amid Pandemic, Research Indicates
The Hill (2/17, Ali) reports “the coronavirus pandemic upended most students’ school routines across the country,” but research published in Frontiers in Education “shows that children with autism suffered greatly.” Investigators “surveyed parents of school-aged children, between the ages of 4-15-years-old, from May to August 2020,” and found that “overall, parents of children with autism were more than three times as likely to report negative changes in their child compared to parents of neurotypical children.” Specifically, parents “reported concerns related to their child’s hygiene, behavioral regression, therapy disruption, meltdowns and returning to school.”
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— “Autistic children three times more likely to report negative changes during pandemic, study says “Shirin Ali, The Hill, February 17, 2022
Patients With Mood Or Anxiety Disorders Had Significant Rates Of PTSD, Depressive And Anxiety Symptoms That Often Persisted Beyond Three Months Following COVID-19 Lockdown, Study Shows
Healio (2/17) reports, “Patients with mood or anxiety disorders had significant rates of PTSD, depressive and anxiety symptoms that often persisted beyond 3 months following lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic, according to study results.” The findings were published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
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— “Lockdown, COVID-19 incidence worsened outcomes in patients with mood, anxiety disorders “Joe Gramigna, Healio, February 17, 2022
COVID-19 Tied To Greater Risk Of Multiple Mental Health Conditions, Researchers Say
MedPage Today (2/16, Monaco) reports “people who battled COVID-19…had a higher risk of multiple mental health conditions,” according to researchers who found that “among those who survived the first 30 days of COVID-19 infection, there was a 60%…increased risk for having any new mental health diagnosis or a new mental health-related drug prescription compared with those who were never infected.” This risk “was largely driven by an uptick in mental health-related drug prescriptions, which increased by 86%,” the study published in The BMJ found. Moreover, “COVID-19 survivors saw significantly higher risks for developing anxiety disorders…which included a higher risk for generalized anxiety disorder, mixed anxiety disorder, and panic disorder.”
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— MedPage Today (requires login and subscription)
Adults With Higher Aging Satisfaction More Likely To Have Improved Health, Well-Being Later In Life, Researchers Say
Healio (2/16, Marabito) reports, “Adults with higher aging satisfaction were more likely to have improved health and well-being later in life,” investigators concluded after having “analyzed data from the Health and Retirement Study, a national, diverse, longitudinal sample of 13,752 U.S. adults aged older than 50 years.” The findings were published online in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Higher aging satisfaction improves subsequent health outcomes “Maria Marabito, Healio, February 16, 2022
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