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Depressive symptoms are particularly detrimental to the cognitive health of African American midlife women, highlighting racial disparities in cognition.
Depressive symptoms are a significant predictor of cognitive decline in midlife African American women, highlighting the need for racially tailored interventions for healthy cognitive aging.
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May support enhanced depression monitoring in this group; leaves open whether interventions reduce racial cognitive disparities.
Our study results highlight racial disparities in cognition during midlife. Depressive symptoms may be particularly detrimental to the cognitive health of African Americans. Clinical and public health interventions for healthy cognitive aging should be tailored to the unique risks of racial groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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Dixon et al. (2021) studied this question. Depressive symptoms are particularly detrimental to the cognitive health of African American midlife women, highlighting racial disparities in cognition.
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