Posted by SLS on September 24, 2011, at 22:51:51
In reply to Re: Dementia as a Symptom of Depression? » Phillipa, posted by SLS on September 24, 2011, at 19:37:24
> > Scott personally I always have. Sometimes I worry about Alzheimers do a google search and reassure myself that I don't have this. When anxiety down concentration much better and read books all kinds of stuff, order from catalogues on line. Why do you ask btw. Phillipa
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> Because it is imperative that the cognitive impairments present in depressive disorders be recognized for being what they are. They are serious and debilitating features of these illnesses. "Dementia" is a serious word.As if we didn't already have enough crap to accept:
Recent investigations suggest that the risk of developing Alzheimers increases substantially for people who have affective disorders or schizophrenia. The risk might be as high as twice that seen in the general population. Late-life depression produces even greater risk.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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