Psychotic disorders may raise risk for later dementia

Dementia risk is more than doubled compared with people without psychotic disorders
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There is a substantial association between psychotic disorders and subsequent dementia, according to a review published in Psychological Medicine.

Sara El Miniawi, from University College London, and colleagues conducted a systematic literature review to identify longitudinal studies investigating non-affective psychotic disorders and subsequent dementia.