Association of PTSD with accelerated cognitive decline in middle-age women

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About The Study: Researchers found in this study of 12,000 middle-age women that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was associated with accelerated cognitive decline, suggesting that earlier cognitive screening among women with PTSD may be warranted.

Authors: Jiaxuan Liu, M.P.H., of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.17698)

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