Dementia Medication Alert: Antidepressants and Anti-Anxiety Drugs Under Scrutiny (2026)
I’m not here to merely restate the headlines about antidepressants and dementia. I’m here to think aloud, challenge assumptions, and offer a perspective that goes beyond the surface when evaluating how we treat memory-impaired patients with common psychiatric medications. Personally, I think the mortality signals in the new Queen’s University Belfast study demand a sober recalibration of how we balance mood stabilization against vulnerable bodies, rather than a reflexive blanket warning to stop prescribing.
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