Study: Common medication treatments for PTSD can increase the risk of developing dementia

Conclusion: PTSD diagnosis is associated with an increased risk for dementia diagnosis that varied with receipt of psychotropic medications. Further research would help to delineate if these findings are due to differences in PTSD severity, psychiatric comorbidity, or independent effects of psychotropic medications on cognitive decline. To Learn More Smart pills as cognitive enhancement? Let’s first monitor negative cognitive side-effects of common medications Five reasons the future of brain enhancement is digital, pervasive and (hopefully) bright Improve education, productivity and health via brain enhancement from SharpBrains
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