Cognitive decline and mortality in a community-based sample of homeless and precariously housed adults: 9-year prospective study.

Kristina M GicasAndrea A JonesAllen E ThorntonAnna PeterssonEmily LivingstonKristina WaclawikWilliam J PanenkaAlasdair M BarrDonna J LangFidel Vila-RodriguezOlga LeonovaRic M ProcyshynTari BuchananG William MacEwanWilliam G Honer

Published in: BJPsych open (2020)

Findings raise the possibility of a premature onset, and accelerated trajectory, of cognitive ageing in this group of homeless and precariously housed people. Traumatic brain injury, alcohol dependence and cognition could be treatment priorities.

Keyphrases

cognitive decline
mild cognitive impairment
traumatic brain injury
mental illness
cardiovascular events
risk factors
white matter
replacement therapy