TOPICS 2017
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Naoko Niimi published a paper on “A spontaneously immortalized Schwann cell line from aldose reductase-deficient mice as a useful tool for studying polyol pathway and aldehyde metabolism” in Journal of Neurochemistry.
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Dr. Mari Suzuki of Diabetic Neuropathy Project had won the Young Investigator Award (basic research section) of the 36th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Dementia Research.
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Dr. Syudo Yamasaki (Mental Health Promotion Project), received the Best Poster Award from 20th International Congress of International Society for Psychological and Social approaches to psychosis.
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Article publication on the effectiveness of psychosocial intervention programme for challenging behaviour of people with dementia. Miharu Nakanishi (Mental Health and Nursing Research Team)
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Yukiko Yoshida (Ubiquitin Project) published a paper on “Ubiquitination of exposed glycoproteins by SCFFBXO27 directs damaged lysosomes for autophagy” in PNAS.
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Masato Hosokawa published a paper on “Accumulation of multiple neurodegenerative disease-related proteins in familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration associated with granulin mutation” in Scientific Reports.
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Hikaru Tsuchiya (Laboratory of Protein Metabolism) published a paper on "Elucidation of the major pathway for proteasomal degradation" in Molecular Cell.
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Kaori Endo (Mental Health Promotion) published a paper on "preference
for solitude, social isolation, and suicidal problems in adolescence" in Journal of Adolescent Health.
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Phosphatidylethanolamine dynamics are required for osteoclast fusion Scientific Reports, Atsushi Irie.
Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 46715 (2017)
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Hisao Masai (Vice Director-general) received the 2017 Prize for MEXT Science and Technology (Research Category).
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Minoru Saitoe (Learning and Memory Project), is selected for winner of 19th Tokizane Prize.
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31 August 2017
Article publication on the effectiveness of psychosocial intervention programme for challenging behaviour of people with dementia. Miharu Nakanishi (Mental Health and Nursing Research Team)
Article publication on the effectiveness of psychosocial intervention programme for challenging behaviour of people with dementia
People with dementia may exhibit behaviour that challenges caregivers, leading to caregiver burden and subsequent nursing home placement. Several countries including Japan have developed national demented plans and prioritize psychosocial interventions aimed at addressing challenging behaviour. However, the evidence concerning individual treatment strategies such as physical activity and music is limited. Treatment should be tailored to individual needs of persons with dementia.
The Mental Health Promotion Project in the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science developed a dementia care programme to enable care managers and professional caregivers of home care services to identify unmet needs, to explore and implement an action plan, and to evaluate the efficacy of the intervention. The development of the programme was delegated by the Tokyo Metropolitan government. A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the change in challenging behaviour from baseline to follow-up (6 months after the baseline) between an intervention group and control group. Implementation of the programme resulted in a significant reduction of challenging behaviours of people with dementia after 6 months. There was no significant change from baseline in challenging behaviours in the control group.
- ＜Title＞
- Psychosocial behaviour management programme for home‐dwelling people with dementia: A cluster‐randomized controlled trial
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- Miharu Nakanishi (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science)
Kaori Endo (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science)
Kayo Hirooka (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science)
Eva Granvik (Lund University)
Lennart Minthon (Lund University)
Katarina Nägga (Lund University)
Atsushi Nishida (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science) - ＜Journal＞
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, (31 August 2017)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.4784
With Mr.Atsushi Nishida, Project Leader (the person in the centre)
and Dr.Katarina Nägga, Associate Professor (right side)
at Lund University on November 2015
Mental Health Promotion Project ▶
