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A recent study suggests that preserving physical and mental health helps older adults experiencing cognitive impairment stave off declines in cognitive engagement. We found that declines in physical and mental health were associated with more pronounced cognitive disengagement, says Shevaun Neupert, corresponding author of the study and a professor of psychology at North Carolina State University. The impact of declines in physical health was particularly pronounced for study participants who had more advanced cognitive impairment to begin with.
There s a lot of research showing that cognitive engagement can help older adults maintain cognitive health. However, the vast majority of that work has been done on healthy adults.
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Florida still executes the mentally ill. This bill would stop that.
A Tampa Bay public defender and lawmaker teamed up to draft Senate Bill 1156, which would bar the death sentence for those with severe mental illnesses.
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This 2017 Florida Department of Corrections photo shows the gurney used to execute death row inmates via lethal injection at Florida State Prison at Starke.
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One man, convicted of killing two court bailiffs in Orange County, suffered from delusions that he was Jesus Christ. Another man with a long history of paranoid schizophrenia murdered eight people in South Florida. He believed he was the prince of God.