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The Association Of Late-Life Depression, Cognitive Functioning, And Sleep Disorder In Aging, Jessica B. Aronis
The Association Of Late-Life Depression, Cognitive Functioning, And Sleep Disorder In Aging, Jessica B. Aronis
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The continuing growth in the demographic of aging individuals in the United States creates concern for diseases of aging that are chronic, notably unipolar depressive disorders. The high rates of depression in the aging population are a concern because of the strong association between late-life depression and cognitive impairment. Poor cognitive functioning is a hallmark of aging related neurological disorders, the most prevalent being Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Sleep disorder is a core symptom of depression, and is definitively associated with the development of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), the prodrome of AD. MCI is also characterized by similar types of sleep …