Marcos Hortes Nisihara Chagas

• Abstract

  Dementia is a clinical syndrome characterized by cognitive decline and functional impairment with significant impact on patient's and caregiver's quality of life. Recently, new criteria of dementia diagnosis were established by the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-5), beyond the reformulation of cognitive domains and the inclusion of social cognition, the syndrome was renamed major n…

  Social cognition and comparison of DSM-IV and DSM-5 dementia criteria among elderly attended in primary care, AP.R

• Abstract

  The number of elderly people in Brazil and in the world has been increasing every year. Concomitant with the growing number of elderly people, the occurrence of chronic non-communicable diseases has led the elderly to dependence on a caregiver. The caregiver has an important role in the health-disease dyad. However, the care process, in addition to other responsibilities, can generate bur…

  Effects of empathy training on burden levels in caregivers of elderly, BP.DR

• Abstract

  Social cognition is the individual's ability to interpret and predict the behaviour of others, based on their beliefs and intentions, as well as interacting in social environments and relating. The investigation of social cognition can be carried out through the evaluation of the Recognition of Facial Expressions of Emotions and/or Theory of Mind tasks. Studies indicate that individuals a…

  Study of the psychometric qualities of a brief battery of social cognition in elderly people participating in a community center, BP.IC

• Abstract

  Social cognition is related to the ability to recognize and infer the emotions, thoughts and beliefs of the other and has a primordial function in social interaction. The construct of empathy has aspects that overlap with those of social cognition. Empathy is a multidimensional process, which leads to the attempt to understand the perspective of the other, being composed of the cognitive …

  Empathy, social cognition and burden in health professionals of homes for the aged, BP.IC

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