The association of depression with subsequent dementia diagnosis: A Swedish nationwide cohort study from 1964 to 2016.
Sofie HolmquistAnna NordströmPeter NordströmPublished in: PLoS medicine (2020)
Depression is associated with increased odds of dementia, even more than 20 years after diagnosis of depression, and the association remains after adjustment for familial factors. Further research is needed to investigate whether successful prevention and treatment of depression decrease the risk of dementia.