Accelerated Biological Aging Correlates with Incidence of Depression and Anxiety

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/05/accelerated-biological-aging-correlates-with-incidence-of-depression-and-anxiety/

Researchers here report on a correlation between accelerated biological age, as measured by two very different clocks, and risk of depression and anxiety disorders. To the extent that one believes that the presentation of these disorders is made worse by negative events taking place in life, it makes sense that a worse state of physical health, as tends to accompany accelerated biological age, would tend to increase reported incidence of depression and anxiety. Otherwise, there is a growing body of evidence for mechanisms of brain aging to contribute to mood disorders, and range of data on correlations between specific aspects of brain aging and mood disorders.

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