Lancet · 2020

Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission

Livingston G, Huntley J, Sommerlad A, Ames D, Ballard C, Banerjee S, Brayne C, Burns A, Cohen-Mansfield J, Cooper C, Costafreda SG, Dias A, Fox N, Gitlin LN, Howard R, Kales HC, Kivimäki M, Larson EB, Ogunniyi A, Orgeta V, Ritchie K, Rockwood K, Sampson EL, Samus Q, Schneider LS, Selbæk G, Teri L, Mukadam N.

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  • Livingston GDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK; Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: g.livingston@ucl.ac.uk.
  • Huntley JDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK; Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
  • Sommerlad ADivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK; Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
  • Ames DNational Ageing Research Institute and Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
  • Ballard CUniversity of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
  • Banerjee SFaculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
  • Brayne CCambridge Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
  • Burns ADepartment of Old Age Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
  • Cohen-Mansfield JDepartment of Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Heczeg Institute on Aging, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Minerva Center for Interdisciplinary Study of End of Life, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
  • Cooper CDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK; Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
  • Costafreda SGDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK; Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
  • Dias ADepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, Goa Medical College, Goa, India.
  • Fox NDementia Research Centre, UK Dementia Research Institute, University College London, London, UK; Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
  • Gitlin LNCenter for Innovative Care in Aging, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA, USA.
  • Howard RDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK; Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
  • Kales HCDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis School of Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, CA, USA.
  • Kivimäki MDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.
  • Larson EBKaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Ogunniyi AUniversity College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
  • Orgeta VDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK.
  • Ritchie KInserm, Unit 1061, Neuropsychiatry: Epidemiological and Clinical Research, La Colombière Hospital, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Rockwood KCentre for the Health Care of Elderly People, Geriatric Medicine Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
  • Sampson ELDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK; Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey Mental Health Trust, London, UK.
  • Samus QDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA, USA.
  • Schneider LSDepartment of Psychiatry and the Behavioural Sciences and Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • Selbæk GNorwegian National Advisory Unit on Ageing and Health, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Geriatric Department, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
  • Teri LDepartment Psychosocial and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Mukadam NDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK; Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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