Editorial: Impact of apathy on aging and age-related neuropsychiatric disorders
Amer M. Burhan · 2023
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Amer Burhan introduced in 2023 a journal collection on apathy in aging and age-related brain and mental disorders. Apathy means a lasting drop in goal-directed activity across behavior, thinking, emotion, or social life. It is common, persistent, and hard to manage in older adults. Revised diagnostic criteria from a 2018 consensus group frame the collection.
Contributions came from several countries. One team tested a game-like assessment that detected clear apathy in older adults with thinking problems. A large imaging review mapped brain areas tied to apathy across healthy aging and several diseases. Burhan stresses that apathy is under-studied and under-reported, and that better ways to measure it are needed to reach the core symptom of lost interest.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Amer M. Burhan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 6 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |