Myrra Vernooij-Dassen1, Esme Moniz-Cook2, Frans Verhey3, Rabih Chattat4, Bob Woods5, Franka Meiland6, Manuel Franco7,8, Iva Holmerova9, Martin Orrell10, Marjolein de Vugt11. 1. Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ Healthcare), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. 2. Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Health & Social Work, University of Hull, Hull, UK. 3. Alzheimer Centrum Limburg, School of Mental Health & Neurosciences/Psychiatry and Psychology/MUMC, Maastricht, The Netherlands. 4. Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. 5. Dementia Services Development Centre, DSDC Wales, Bangor University, Ardudwy, Bangor, UK. 6. Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location VUmc, APH Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 7. Department Psychiatry, University Rio Hortega Hospital (Valladolid) and Zamora Hospital (Zamora), Spain. 8. Psychiatric and Mental Health Department, University Rio Hortega Hospital and Zamora Hospital, Zamora, Spain. 9. Charles University FHS CELLO and Gerontologicke Centrum, Kobylisy, Czechia. 10. The Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham Innovation Park, Nottingham, UK. 11. Alzheimer Center Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neurosciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To provide a new perspective on integrated biomedical and psychosocial dementia research. BACKGROUND: Dementia is being recognized as a multifactorial syndrome, but there is little interaction between biomedical and psychosocial approaches. A way to improve scientific knowledge is to seek better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the interaction between biomedical and psychosocial paradigms. One rationale for integrating biomedical and psychosocial research is the discordance between neuropathology and cognitive functioning. The concept of social health might bridge the two paradigms. It relates to how social resources influence the dynamic balance between capacities and limitations. HYPOTHESES: Social health can act as the driver for accessing cognitive reserve, in people with dementia through active facilitation and utilization of social and environmental resources. Thereby we link lifestyle social and opportunities to the brain reserve hypothesis. MANIFESTO: We provide a Manifesto on how to significantly move forward the dementia research agenda.
OBJECTIVE: To provide a new perspective on integrated biomedical and psychosocial dementia research. BACKGROUND:Dementia is being recognized as a multifactorial syndrome, but there is little interaction between biomedical and psychosocial approaches. A way to improve scientific knowledge is to seek better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the interaction between biomedical and psychosocial paradigms. One rationale for integrating biomedical and psychosocial research is the discordance between neuropathology and cognitive functioning. The concept of social health might bridge the two paradigms. It relates to how social resources influence the dynamic balance between capacities and limitations. HYPOTHESES: Social health can act as the driver for accessing cognitive reserve, in people with dementia through active facilitation and utilization of social and environmental resources. Thereby we link lifestyle social and opportunities to the brain reserve hypothesis. MANIFESTO: We provide a Manifesto on how to significantly move forward the dementia research agenda.
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Dementia and cognitive disorders; cognitive functioning; psychological and social aspects; psychosocial interventions; social support
Authors: Angie A Diaz Baquero; Manuel A Franco-Martín; Esther Parra Vidales; José Miguel Toribio-Guzmán; Yolanda Bueno-Aguado; Fernando Martínez Abad; María V Perea Bartolomé; Aysan Mahmoudi Asl; Henriëtte G van der Roest Journal: J Alzheimers Dis Date: 2022 Impact factor: 4.472