2023-05-23 07:02:11
In the study, researchers assessed biological age by analyzing data on 168 blood markers from nearly 111,000 people in a UK biobank.
Previous research shows that people with mental health conditions often have shorter lives.
Although most previous studies have been small and had mixed results, there is already some research suggesting that mental illness is linked to accelerated aging.
For example, a study of 811 people diagnosed with depression found that DNA changes were consistent with older biological age when compared to people without major depressive disorder. The results were published in April 2018 in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Research has yielded similar results for bipolar disorder, as has other research for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
However, it is also known that people with mental health conditions are more likely to have early childhood trauma, and to engage in lifestyle habits that are detrimental to health (such as inactivity, smoking, and a poor-quality diet).
The main takeaway from all of this research is that mental disorders affect not just the mind or the brain, but the whole body. As such, treatment of mental health conditions must include concern for physical health as well.
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