Midlife crisis could be linked with dementiaMay 8th, 2012 - 2:49
pm ICT by IANS Washington, May 8 (IANS) If you are overcome by a
sense of hopelessness, especially during your mid or later life,
it could be a sign that your are heading for dementia, the
mental decline caused by Alzheimer’s. “Prevalence and costs of
AD (Alzheimer disease) and other dementia are projected to rise
dramatically during the next 40 years unless a prevention or a
cure can be found,” write researchers from University of
California, San Francisco. “Therefore, it is critical to gain a
greater understanding of the key risk factors and etiologic
underpinnings of dementia from a population-based perspective,”
the Archives of General Psychiatry journal quoted them as
saying. Some symptoms of early dementia are forgetting names,
appointments, losing things, difficulty in driving, cooking,
doing household chores, personality changes (becoming
withdrawn), uncharacteristic behaviour, mood swings, and
behaviour disorder. Deborah E. Barnes from