Depression
Depression is one of the prevalent mental health problems, and a form of depression may cause dementia. In fact, pseudo dementia is not dementia but is caused by long-term mental illness. Additionally, people over 50 years of age with depression are twice as likely to experience vascular dementia as their healthy counterparts. They also have a 65% higher chance of developing other types of dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Patients have been able to reduce their risk of dementia by managing depression early on, particularly if they have been able to learn how to handle stress better.