​Mental Illness Tied to Increased Dementia Risk

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW March 02, 2022
www.medscape.com/

This article increases the clarity as to how severe emotional stress and dysregulation contribute to the development of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease. We have to come to see how mind and body work together to enhance or destroy our capacity for health and well being. Anyone who has been hospitalized for psychiatric illness is at a 4 fold greater risk of developing a neurodegenerative disorder than those who have not been hospitalized. 
Greater attention and effort needs to be placed toward prevention and reducing hospitalization for people experiencing emotional crises.
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