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The prevention, early detection, & effective management of neurocognitive disorders in the elderly

预防、早期发现、

基本信息

批准号：
nhmrc : 350833
负责人：
Prof Gavin Andrews
金额：
$ 328.67万
依托单位：
The University of New South Wales
依托单位国家：
澳大利亚
项目类别：
Programs
财政年份：
2005
资助国家：
澳大利亚
起止时间：
2005-01-01 至 2009-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://researchdata.edu.au/prevention-early-detection-disorders-elderly/101401
关键词：
prevention early detection effective management

项目摘要

The unprecedented greying of the world population is posing a major challenge to health care in meeting the needs of older individuals with cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer�s disease. At the same time, drugs are being developed to prevent these disorders, or to treat them effectively. Our proposal is a comprehensive attempt at dealing with the neuropsychiatric aspects of these neurocognitive disorders. Our group is endeavouring to better define the early stages of these disorders, and studying methods of detecting them at an early stage, using the latest neuropsychological and neuroimaging techniques. We wish to investigate new drugs for the prevention of dementia. Much of dementia is not treated early because of lack of training of primary care physicians in identifying dementia, and we are developing methods to deal with this problem. We are also examining the role of cognitive disorders in accidents and suicides in the elderly, and the development of depression. We are determining the role of psychiatric disorders in the care of these patients, and the methods of alleviating the burden of disease. We expect that this research will make a major impact on health policy for these disorders in Australia. We also hope to make our Program the premier centre for training in geriatric neuropsychiatry.

世界人口前所未有的老龄化正在对卫生保健构成重大挑战，以满足老年人认知障碍（如阿尔茨海默病）的需求。与此同时，正在开发药物来预防这些疾病，或有效地治疗它们。我们的建议是一个全面的尝试，在处理这些神经认知障碍的神经精神方面。我们的团队正在努力更好地定义这些疾病的早期阶段，并使用最新的神经心理学和神经成像技术研究在早期阶段检测它们的方法。我们希望研究预防痴呆症的新药。由于初级保健医生缺乏识别痴呆症的培训，许多痴呆症没有得到早期治疗，我们正在开发处理这个问题的方法。我们还在研究认知障碍在老年人事故和自杀中的作用，以及抑郁症的发展。我们正在确定精神疾病在这些患者护理中的作用，以及减轻疾病负担的方法。我们希望这项研究将对澳大利亚这些疾病的卫生政策产生重大影响。我们还希望使我们的计划成为老年神经精神病学培训的首要中心。