New research found that adults with ADHD are nearly three times as likely to develop dementia. Researchers did not prove causation, simply a correlation between the mental health disorder and impacted cognitive function.
Researchers did not prove causation, simply a correlation between the mental health disorder and impacted cognitive function.
“We were interested in understanding how brain conditions that may affect cognitive functioning, including ADHD, may contribute to old age dementia,”, director of the Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center, a member of the Brain Health Institute at Rutgers University, and a co-author of the study, told“Understanding such links may help us both focus prevention strategies on high-risk populations and shed light into novel mechanisms connecting between the two...
“This can include poor dietary habits and lack of exercise, obesity and hypertension, all of which contribute to dementia risk," she said. "In addition, it is conceivable that the neurobiology of ADHD contributes to compromised brain and cognitive reserve, increasing dementia risk in old age.” And, a 2023 study found ADHD as a less common, but possible contributor to some cases of cognitive impairment like dementia.While childhood ADHD and adult ADHD are intrinsically linked, there are often experiential differences based on when someone is diagnosed with ADHD.
“We do not know,” said Beeri. “Theoretically speaking, ADHD is a chronic condition beginning in childhood and continuing to adulthood so we could assume that those who were diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood likely had it all their lives.”
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