Depressed elderly Brits suffered equivalent of SIX YEARS of natural memory decline in lockdown

Depressed elderly Brits suffered equivalent of SIX YEARS of natural memory decline in lockdown Depressed Britons suffered a rapid decline in their memory over lockdown, research claims. 

Exeter University and King's College London academics looked at the mental health and cognition of 6,300 over-50s. 

Depressed and anxious adults performed worse on short-term memory tests, which experts blamed on spending a third of the year in lockdown. The Daily Mail