People with a diagnosis of dementia can also face depression.

For this reason, they may end up taking antidepressant drugs.

Now, a study has found that these drugs may be able to treat not just depression, but dementia itself.

According to data cited by the Alzheimer's Association, 1 in 10 people aged 65 and over has Alzheimer’s, a form of dementia, characterized chiefly by memory loss, disorientation, and having trouble with normal daily activities.

Moreover, people with Alzheimer's can often also develop mental health issues, especially depression.

Recently, researchers from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, have found a surprising mechanism at play, namely that SSRIs appear to inhibit the growth of dementia-specific aggregates in the brain.