Understanding cognitive impairment in mood disorders: mediation analyses in the UK Biobank cohort.

CONCLUSIONS: In a large community-based sample in middle to early old age, bipolar disorder and depression were associated with lower visuospatial memory performance, in part potentially due to psychotropic medication use. Mood disorders and their treatments will have increasing importance for population cognitive health as the proportion of older adults continues to grow. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: I.J.D. is a UK Biobank participant. J.P.P. is a member of the UK Biobank Steering Committee. PMID: 31412972 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry for Mental Science - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Br J Psychiatry Source Type: research