Psychosocial Care and Support in Dementia
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Psychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2025 | Viewed by 3269
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Solna, Sweden
Interests: mild cognitive impairment; Alzheimer's disease; dementia; neuropsychology; caregiving; eHealth; pain management; interventions; affect; experience sampling method
Interests: lived experiences of people with dementia and carers; social health; post-diagnostic support; psychosocial interventions; technology; patient and public involvement (PPI)
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Dear Colleagues,
According to the World Health Organization, more than 55 million people are currently living with dementia worldwide. Dementia is a major cause of disability and dependency, resulting in high economical costs (i.e., 1.3 trillion US dollars globally, 2019), with 50% of these care costs being attributable to care provided by informal caregivers (e.g., partners, family members, and close friends). Psychosocial care and support can help people with dementia and informal caregivers adjust to the diagnosis, develop coping skills, and maintain independence and wellbeing. Therefore, psychosocial care and support are essential for both the person with dementia and informal caregivers.
In recent years, the research field of psychosocial care and support for dementia has rapidly expanded. There is growing interest in aspects such as (1) social health and inclusion; (2) resilience and coping; (3) technology use and digital interventions; (4) inequity and inequality in access to care and support; and (5) novel methodological approaches. Given the importance of these topics, more studies are being conducted in this area. This Special Issue focuses on the development, evaluation, and/or implementation of psychosocial care and support in dementia to advance research, practice, and policy. We welcome reviews and original research articles focusing on these topics targeting any dementia types, stages, and care settings.
Dr. Sara Laureen Bartels
Dr. Esther Loseto-Gerritzen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dementia
- Alzheimer’s disease
- young-onset dementia
- caregiving
- social health
- inclusion
- resilience
- coping
- technology
- eHealth
- inequality
- inequity
- minority
- methodology
- intervention
- psychosocial
- development
- evaluation
- implementation
- sustainability
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