Neurocognitive Impairments and Behavioral Disturbances in Clinical Practice and Long-term Care

Dear Colleagues,

Management of neurocognitive impairments and behavioral disturbances in clinical practice and long-term care is quite challenging. Behavioral disturbances, such as verbal or physical aggression/violence, agitation, and excessive wandering, often leads to institutionalization of the client. Violence is repetitive in nature and leads to emotional distress; violence occurring beyond control in a particular situation translates into client per se, victim of violence, and health professional’s possible endangerment. Furthermore, there are complex interactions between cognitive deficits, clinical symptoms, and behavioral disturbances. The brain functions may underlie and manifest cognitive deficits and behavioral difficulties. The ability to maximize the potential of plasticity in clients may depend on the good design of effective intervention and/or therapeutic approaches, which are thought to be an essential component that contributes significantly to the ability to improve cognitive reserve and behavioral patterns. However, certain cognitive and behavioral outcomes appear to have received insufficient attention in both primary care setting and long-term care facilities.

The aim of the current Special Issue is to exploit different aspects of the cognitive impairments and behavioral disturbances in clinical practice, long-term care and workplace. The Special Issue is also aimed at bringing together studies on those clinically rich accounts of innovative assessment and therapeutic procedures that are clearly capable of providing insights into the comprehension, evaluation, and/or treatment of a specific cognitive or behavioral problem or the inclusion of several such problems or deficits. Accordingly, topics are selected to address current challenges facing health professionals, mental health, behavioral science, and allied fields, both in terms of assessment, process, the content of intervention or treatment, and work-related violence in the health care environment. Papers concerning all aspects of cognitive impairments and behavioral disturbances are also welcome, e.g., epidemiologic studies; nurse–client cohorts; biological, neurobiological, physiological, cellular, genetic, and interventional studies, reviews and opinions, that enhance understanding of the brain, cognition, and behavior.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Mei-Chi Hsu
Guest Editor

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