Relevance of the common-sense model for people living with a genetic predisposition for breast and ovarian cancer.

Objectives: BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants have been associated with an increased risk for breast, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate cancer as well as melanoma. The present research uses the Leventhal's common-sense model of self-regulation (CSM), a theoretical framework highlighting the role of mental representations on responses to a health-threat. We aim at understanding the personal meaning and representation of living with an hereditary breast and ovarian cancer predisposition.

Involuntary Autobiographical Memory in Alzheimer's Disease: A Double-Edged Way of Remembering the Past?

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by severe memory alterations, affecting especially memories of personal past events. Until now, autobiographical memory impairments have been characterized using formal memory assessments, requiring patients to strategically and deliberately recall past events. However, contrary to this highly cognitively demanding mode of memory recall, autobiographical memories frequently come to mind unexpectedly based on automatic associative processes.

Hope and relationship dynamics among couples faced with their child's cancer: A dyadic phenomenological interpretative analysis.

Purpose: The onset of paediatric cancer leads to changes in the functioning of the parental couple. The interactions and interdependence between partners affect their individual and dyadic adjustments. Hope can enable parents to cope with difficulties and alleviate their distress.

A Qualitative Study on the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care in Oncology: How Health Care Professionals Can Adapt Their Practice?

The main objective of this study was to identify the facilitators of and barriers to the transition from pediatric to adult care for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer according to physicians and nurses working in oncology. The secondary objectives were (1) to explore the viewpoints of health care professionals (HCPs) on this transition and (2) to discover HCP's needs and the needs they perceive among AYAs and their parents. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 19 HCPs to discover their experiences with pediatric to adult care transitions.

Autobiographical Storytelling in Patients with Mild Alzheimer's Disease: Focused, Reflected, and Entertaining; A Comparative Study.

Objectives: We assessed whether individuals with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD), despite some deficits in autobiographical memory, could effectively convey their personal experiences through storytelling.

Methods: We invited 37 individuals with mild AD and 37 control participants to share their personal experiences. We rated these narratives based on five characteristics of storytelling: focus, reflection, entertainment, structure, and specificity.

ChatGPT as a Diagnostic Aid in Alzheimer's Disease: An Exploratory Study.

Background: The potential of ChatGPT in medical diagnosis has been explored in various medical conditions.

Objective: We assessed whether ChatGPT can contribute to the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Methods: We provided ChatGPT with four generated cases (mild, moderate, or advanced stage AD dementia, or mild cognitive impairment), including descriptions of their complaints, physical examinations, as well as biomarker, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological data.

Dealing with the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and its implications for couple functioning in the early stage: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Background: For couples facing Parkinson's disease, marital relationships are significantly impacted, even at the early stages of the disease. However, very few studies have explicitly explored the functioning of the couple and how both partners deal with Parkinson's disease. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and strategies of couples facing Parkinson's disease in the early stage using dyadic interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Dyadic processes and adjustment of couples experiencing a neurodegenerative disease: a meta-synthesis.

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) pose significant challenges to couple relationships. Existing research has predominantly focused on the impact of Alzheimer's disease (AD) on various types of dyads, resulting in significant advances in the field. However, despite a keen interest in transdiagnostic approaches , a comprehensive review addressing dyadic processes underlying the functioning of couple relationships across different NDDs is lacking.

Are digital health interventions valuable to support patients with cancer and caregivers? An umbrella review of web-based and app-based supportive care interventions.

Background: Digital health technologies have expanded tremendously in the last two decades, creating an emerging research and clinical field. They are regarded as cost-effective, and their use in healthcare is prioritized by many countries. However, the constant evolution of these technologies has led to an abundance of related literature.

[Updates on anosognosia in Alzheimer's disease].

Impaired awareness increases dependency of patients suffering from Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and caregivers' burden but remains insufficiently evaluated in clinical practice. The numerous conceptualisations of this symptomatology (anosognosia, denial, insight…) have only a slight impact on the three main assessment methodologies which are: the patient-caregiver discrepancy; the clinician rating of patients' awareness of illness; and the prediction of performance discrepancy methods. Nevertheless, most of evaluating tools are not validated yet, in particular regarding the clinician rating, leading to contrasted results.

Exploring the processes of connection and disconnection in imagery work in a patient with depression and dependent personality disorder.

Imagery work is a useful therapeutic tool in the treatment of depression. It is central in different therapeutic approaches, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and compassion-focused therapy. The clinical case of Cynthia is presented.

Couples facing the "honeymoon period" of Parkinson's disease: A qualitative study of dyadic functioning.

Introduction: The public health issue of the Parkinson's disease (PD) has led to a great deal of research that has highlighted the individual challenges faced by the person with the Parkinson's disease (PwPD) and the caregiving spouse. Few studies, however, have sought to understand the functioning of couples facing PD, by differentiating each stage, each of which has its own issues. In particular, the "honeymoon period", characterized by a symptomatic respite allowed by the effectiveness of treatments for motor symptoms, has been poorly documented, especially at the dyadic level.

The use of psychological network analysis in informal dementia care: an empirical illustration.

: Theoretical models in informal dementia care have been developed to understand how risk and protective factors interact to cause caregiver's distress. The development of psychological network analysis provides a rich complement to our current models, as explores how different variables (or nodes) are associated using graph theories. : The present study explored the use of network analysis using data from 125 informal caregivers of their partner with dementia (PwD).

Empathy of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) toward other AD patients.

Background: The objective of this study was twofold. We assessed whether individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) demonstrate higher empathy toward people with the same disorder. We also assessed whether empathy may enhance the recognition of these peoples' faces.

The "Sickness" Memory: Can Patients With Alzheimer Disease Remember the Diagnosis Announcement?

Background: Diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD) can cause substantial psychological distress in patients. We thus assessed how patients with AD remember the announcement of diagnosis.

Methods: We recruited 47 participants with mild AD (26 women; M age=68.

Apathy Is the Best Dimension to Consider for Awareness Assessment in Alzheimer's Disease.

Previous studies have reported the major role of apathy in awareness assessment among Alzheimer's patients using the patient-caregiver discrepancy method, whatever the awareness dimension assessed. Using the Apathy Evaluation Scales among other awareness scales, we report that apathy is the sole awareness dimension distinguishing healthy controls (25), mild (57) and moderate-to-moderately-severe (11) Alzheimer's patients. A linear regression showed that the Mini-Mental State Examination score used as a risk factor for non-awareness was the only factor associated with awareness of apathy and was the best predictor.

Awareness for People With Alzheimer's Disease: Profiles and Weekly Trajectories.

To understand awareness and fluctuations of awareness in Alzheimer's disease (AD), it is fruitful to consider the objects of awareness, e.g., cognitive functioning or recognition of the disease, as well as the mechanisms and modes of expression underlying awareness.

"My sympathetic clinician": perception of sympathy by patients with Alzheimer's disease increases when asked to provide autobiographical memories.

Background And Aims: Autobiographical memory serves to recall past personal experiences and share them with others, promoting social bonding and communication. In this study, we investigated whether encouraging patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) to share autobiographical memories during formal neuropsychological testing may boost the patient-clinician relationship, and more specifically, the neuropsychologist's level of sympathy as perceived by patients.

Methods: We invited patients with mild AD to perform neuropsychological testing in two conditions.

Reduced Contextual Information During Future Thinking in Alzheimer's Disease.

Objective: This study assessed the ability of patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) to produce "when, where, and who" information during future thinking.

Methods: AD patients and control participants were invited to imagine future scenarios. Future thinking was analyzed with respect to the number of "when, where, and who" details.

Modeling the Distress of Adult-Child Caregivers of People with Dementia: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy.

Background: The increased tasks and responsibilities involved in supporting a parent with dementia (PWD) can induce distress in adult-child caregivers. Previous studies have shown that distress can be influenced by PWD and caregiver determinants, but few studies have considered the associations between these variables.

Objective: This study tested a complex model of adult-child caregiver distress in which PWD and caregiver determinants and their associations are considered.

The "authentic subjective experience" of memory in Alzheimer's disease.

Most research has mainly focused on the decline of the subjective experience in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, few attempts have been made to evaluate whether subjective experience may be maintained in AD. In this narrative review, we attempt to provide a positive view, according to which patients with AD can enjoy, to some extent, subjective experience during memory retrieval.