Where the ADHD Dementia Risk Actually Comes From

Psychology Today | 12.10.2026 01:40
Among 187,341 American adults aged 50 and older followed for about a decade, those with an ADHD diagnosis in their medical record were later diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment or dementia 6.7% of the time, against 3.4% of everyone else (Bauer-Negrini G, Leffa DT, Ferreira PCL, et al. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online October 7, 2026).