Cognitive Impairment in Neuropsychiatry
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychiatric Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 1094
Special Issue Editor
Interests: multiple sclerosis; Parkinson’s disease; dementia; depression; stress and cognition
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cognition can be defined as the ability of processing higher level information from different sensory inputs in order to cope with everyday demands. It generally refers to mental abilities, such as attention, memory, language and mental flexibility. Cognitive impairments may occur as a consequence of distinct brain damage, but they may also arise in the context of psychiatric disorders. By recognizing that both organic, i.e., brain-damage related as well as non-organic, i.e., psychiatric diseases share the same pathological substrate, namely neuronal, biochemical and (epi-)genetic mechanisms, the resulting dysfunctions are often declared as neuropsychiatric disturbances. The range and severity of cognitive disturbances varies between psychiatric disorders, and in some conditions, cognitive alterations may even be recognized as prodromal markers.
This Special Issue aims to collate a wide array of clinical and laboratory research, including original high-quality papers, reviews as well as single case studies that elucidate the pathophysiological underpinnings, diagnosis, treatment, and the psychosocial consequences of neuropsychiatric conditions.
Prof. Dr. Pasquale Calabrese
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cognition impairment
- multiple sclerosis
- Parkinson’s disease
- dementia
- depression
- stress and cognition
- neuropsychiatric conditions
