Dissonant dementia: neuropsychiatry, awareness, and contradictions in cognitive decline

Abstract This paper presents an analysis of contemporary neuropsychiatric meaning-making regarding dementia, encompassing distinct beliefs, practices and objects, and the peculiarities of its fragmented public manifestations. First, some core neuropsychiatric beliefs are discussed, arguing that the...

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Main Authors: James Rupert Fletcher, Carol Maddock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2021-12-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-01004-4