Prevention of cerebrovascular diseases and cognitive impairment in psychiatric and neurological practice: A literature review

Abstract

Increased life expectancy and related demographic changes, as well as lifestyle modification in the population enhance a steady rise in the incidence of disorders in middle and later life. It increases the burden of diseases and overloads healthcare systems. Therefore prevention strategies are currently on the cutting edge and becoming more and more essential. The article discusses approaches to preventing the most common mental and neurological disorders in middle and old age. It also describes cerebrovascular disease, dementia, cognitive impairment, and stroke and outlines some state-of-the-art prevention strategies.

Keywords

• prevention
• cognitive impairment
• stroke
• dementia
• alzheimer’s disease
• vascular dementia
• mental disorders
• cerebrovascular disease.