Forbes June 24, 2024
People who experienced prolonged depressive episodes during their young adulthood stage (18 to 25 years) are at a higher risk of suffering from memory problems in midlife, according to a recent study published in the American Academy of Neurology’s journal, Neurology®.
In the institute’s press release, study author Leslie Grasset from the University of Bordeaux, France, said: “Especially for Black adults, prolonged exposure to elevated depressive symptoms in young adulthood has a negative effect on thinking and memory in middle age. The processes that lead to dementia begin long before signs of the disease become apparent, and previous research has shown that Black adults have a higher risk of dementia than white adults.”
Grasset and colleagues enrolled 3117 people in...
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