Patients With Schizophrenia Twice as Likely to Develop Dementia?

Patients with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia are more than twice as likely as those without a psychotic disorder to eventually develop dementia, new research suggests.Results from a review and meta-analysis of almost 13 million total participants from nine countries showed that, across multiple different psychotic disorders, there was a 2.5-fold higher risk of developing dementia later in life compared with individuals who did not have a disorder.

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