Dementia diagnosis before age 65 ‘ups suicide risk’
The finding is important for both dementia screening and suicide prevention in primary care, say researchers
People diagnosed with dementia under the age of 65 have a near threefold increased risk of suicide than those without the neurodegenerative condition, a population-based study shows.
The likelihood of suicide was higher still — sevenfold — among under-65s in the first three months of diagnosis, according to findings in the UK case-control study of 600,000 patients older than 15.
