Psychotherapy for anxiety in over-65s may lower dementia risk
The intervention was also associated with reduced all-cause mortality, UK researchers say
Improving anxiety symptoms in older adults using psychotherapy is associated with significant long-term reductions in dementia risk, shows a large real-world study.
Analysis of data from more than 110,000 elderly patients in the UK suggests this approach may lead to a 17% lower incidence of all-cause dementia, regardless of anxiety disorder diagnosis, the researchers say.
