Does new-onset psychosis late in life predict the onset of dementia?

By Vimal Aga, MD (bio) Dr. Aga is a board-certified geriatric psychiatrist and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. If a person 65 years or older develops psychosis (delusions or hallucinations) for the first time in his or her life, we are likely to be…