People with multiple mental disorders may age several years faster, study finds
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Experiencing mental disorders early in life may lead to accelerated aging in adulthood, a new study has found. There are a few reasons why.
Experiencing mental disorders early in life may lead to poorer physical health and accelerated aging in adulthood, found a study published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. Study participants who had a greater variety and persistence of mental disorder symptoms in adulthood — or high general psychopathology scores — were aging faster biologically by a factor of about 5.3 years between ages 26 and 45 compared to participants with the lowest scores. The disorders the higher-risk individuals experienced when they were younger included mainly anxiety, depression, substance misuse and schizophrenia.More Related News