HealthDay (5/11, Thompson) reports, “The relationship between depression and age-related brain decline might depend on a person’s history with the mood disorder, a new study says.” Investigators “had thought that people experiencing ‘brain fog’ from aging might be more apt to relapse into depression.” However, “they found the opposite was true – people with sharper brains were more likely to fall back into depression.” One researcher said, “People often think of memory problems as simply a consequence of depression, but our findings suggest the relationship is more complex. … Among people with a history of depression, those with better cognitive performance were actually more likely to experience future depressive symptoms.” Meanwhile, “people who’d never had depression were more likely to have their first bout if their cognitive scores were lower, researchers found.” The findingswere published in BMJ Mental Health.
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— “Sharper Brains May Face Higher Depression Relapse Risk, Study Finds,”Dennis Thompson, HealthDay, May 11, 2026