Longitudinal Associations of Mental Disorders With Dementia: 30-Year Analysis of 1.7 Million New Zealand Citizens.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Mental disorders are an underappreciated category of modifiable risk factors for dementia. Developing an evidence base about the link between mental disorders and dementia risk requires studies that use large, representative samples, consider the full range of psychiatric conditions, ascertain mental disorders from early life, use long follow-ups, and distinguish between Alzheimer disease and related dementias.

Objective

To test whether mental disorders antedate dementia across 3 decades of observation.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based administrative register study of mental disorders and Alzheimer disease and related dementias included all individuals born in New Zealand between 1928 and 1967 who resided in the country for any time d

SUBMITTER: Richmond-Rakerd LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8851362 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature