Cognitive Impairment, Dementia and Depression in Older Adults
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Geriatric Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sleep, circadian rhythm, and cognitive function in older adults; circadian rhythm; depression in patients with delayed sleep phase disorder (DSPD)
Interests: brain imaging in older adults and patients with dementia; the early detection of cognitive decline; identification of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers; the clinical significance of subjective memory complaints
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cognitive impairment, dementia, and late-life depression are increasingly prevalent among older adults and are often interconnected through shared pathways and overlapping clinical features. Notably, depression is highly comorbid with neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and is recognized as both a risk factor and an early symptom of dementia.
This Special Issue aims to investigate the approaches to the diagnosis, management, and treatment of cognitive impairment, dementia, and depression in older adults from a clinical perspective.
We invite submissions that integrate clinical and neuropsychological evaluations, and artificial intelligence (AI)-based predictive modeling. Particular interest is given to interdisciplinary approaches bridging medicine and neuroscience, including the development of AI models for predicting depression and Parkinson’s disease, and understanding their shared pathways with dementia.
This Special Issue seeks high-quality clinical research that focuses on the interplay between neurodegeneration and mood disorders, machine learning applications in geriatric mental health, and systems-level models of brain aging. By combining data science and clinical insight, this Special Issue seeks to promote innovative strategies for early detection, personalized prediction, and intervention in aging-related cognitive and affective disorders.
Dr. Seong Jae Kim
Prof. Dr. Ilhan Choo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cognitive impairment
- dementia
- depression
- Parkinson’s disease
- artificial intelligence (AI)
- predictive modeling
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