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Cox proportional hazards models were run to test associations between improvement in depression following psychological therapy and incidence of dementia diagnosis up to eight years later.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291722002537_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Improvements in depression following treatment were associated with reduced rates of dementia diagnosis up to 8 years later (HR = 0.88, 95% CI 0.83\u20130.94), after adjustment for key covariates. Strongest effects were observed for vascular dementia (HR = 0.86, 95% CI 0.77\u20130.97) compared with Alzheimer's disease (HR = 0.91, 95% CI 0.83\u20131.00).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291722002537_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Reliable improvement in depression across psychological therapy was associated with reduced incidence of future dementia. Results are consistent with at least two possibilities. Firstly, psychological interventions to improve symptoms of depression may have the potential to contribute to dementia risk reduction efforts. Secondly, psychological therapies may be less effective in people with underlying dementia pathology or they may be more likely to drop out of therapy (reverse causality). 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