Research Group “psychosocial interventions in aging and dementia"

Research lines of the group documented by publications in the period 2020-2024 

• Young onset dementia: needs and interventions 
• Young caregivers 
• Social health and dementia 
• Implementation of psychosocial interventions: meeting centers 

Head:

Rabih Chattat, full professor

ERC Sectors 

SH4 The Human Mind and Its Complexity 

Cognitive science, psychology, linguistics 

Scientific Disciplinary Sector: PSIC-04/B

Selected publications of the group indexed in Scopus/WOS in the period 2020-2024

1. Altona J, Wiegelmann H, Lenart-Bulga M,Vernooij-Dassen M, Verspoor E, Seifert I, Misonow J, Szczes´ niak D, Rymaszewska J, Chattat R, Jeon Y-H, Moniz-Cook E, Roes M, Perry M and Wolf-Ostermann K (2024). Instruments for assessing social healthin the context of cognitive decline and dementia: a systematic review. Front. Psychiatry 15:1387192. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1387192
2. Kristanti MS, Vernooij-Dassen M, Jeon Y-H, Verspoor E, Samtani S, Ottoboni G, Chattat R, Brodaty H, Lenart-Bugla M, Kowalski K, Rymaszewska J, Szczesniak DM, Gerhardus A, Seifert I, A’la MZ, Effendy C and Perry M. (2024) Social health markers in the context of cognitive decline and dementia: an international qualitative study. Front. Psychiatry 15:1384636. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1384636.
3. Vernooij-Dassen, M., Verspoor, E., Samtani, S., Sachdev, P.S., Ikram, M.A., Vernooij, M.W., Hubers, C., Chattat, R., Lenart- Bugla, M., Rymaszewska, J., Szczesniak, D., Brodaty, H., Welmer, A.-K., Maddock, J., van der Velpen, I.F., Wiegelmann, H., Marseglia, A., Richards, M., Melis, R., de Vugt, M., Moniz-Cook, E., Jeon, Y.-H., Perry, M., Wolf-Ostermann, K. (2022). Recognition of social health: A conceptual framework in the context of dementia research  Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, art. no. 1052009. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1052009
4. Lion K.M.; Szczesniak D.; Bulinska K.; Mazurek J.; Evans S.B.; Evans S.C.; Saibene F.L.; d'Arma A.; Scorolli C.; Farina E.; Brooker D.; Chattat R.; Meiland F.J.M.; Droes R.-M.; Rymaszewska J., Does the Meeting Centre Support Programme decrease the experience of stigmatisation among people with cognitive deficits?, «AGING & MENTAL HEALTH», 2021, 25, pp. 160 - 169 [Articolo in rivista] Open Access  
5. Pappada A.; Chattat R.; Chirico I.; Valente M.; Ottoboni G., Assistive Technologies in Dementia Care: An Updated Analysis of the Literature, «FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY», 2021, 12, pp. 1 - 22 [Articolo in rivista] Open Access  

Funding for the period 2020-2024 

International projects

EPIC: Welcome Foundation 

National projects

• PNRR: AGE-It: care sustainability 
• PRIN22: Cognitive stimulation
• Couplebrace: quality of diad relationship and breast cancer

Collaborazioni scientifiche nazionali e internazionali attive nel triennio 2020-2024

International collaborations 

• INTERDEM Network
• University of Bristol (UK)

National collaborations 

• University of Rome “La Sapienza” 

• Italian Association of Psychology: Clinical psychology of aging group 

Unibo collaborations 

• Department of medical and surgical science 
• Department of political science