TY  - JOUR
AU  - Cerami, Chiara
AU  - Boccardi, Marina
AU  - Meli, Claudia
AU  - Panzavolta, Andrea
AU  - Funghi, Giulia
AU  - Festari, Cristina
AU  - Cappa, Stefano F
AU  - Chatzikostopoulos, Thanos
AU  - Chicherio, Christian
AU  - Clarens, Florencia
AU  - de Oliveira, Fabricio Ferreira
AU  - Di Lorenzo, Francesco
AU  - Filardi, Marco
AU  - Ibanez, Agustin
AU  - Girtler, Nicola
AU  - Lebouvier, Thibaud
AU  - Logroscino, Giancarlo
AU  - Luca, Antonella
AU  - MacPherson, Sarah E
AU  - Matias-Guiu, Jordi A
AU  - Piccoli, Tommaso
AU  - Piguet, Olivier
AU  - Pomati, Simone
AU  - Russo, Mirella
AU  - Sacco, Leonardo
AU  - Schild, Ann-Katrin
AU  - Sensi, Stefano L
AU  - Shirk, Steven D
AU  - Sollberger, Marc
AU  - Tábuas-Pereira, Miguel
AU  - Tsolaki, Magda
AU  - van den Berg, Esther
AU  - Bertoux, Maxime
AU  - Kumfor, Fiona
AU  - Van den Stock, Jan
AU  - Welsh-Bohmer, Kathleen A
AU  - Dodich, Alessandra
TI  - Understanding barriers and optimizing socio-cognitive assessment in the diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders.
JO  - The journal of neuropsychology
VL  - 19
IS  - 3
SN  - 1748-6645
CY  - Hoboken, NJ [u.a.]
PB  - Wiley
M1  - DZNE-2025-01112
SP  - 603 - 618
PY  - 2025
AB  - Harmonized neuropsychological assessment for neurocognitive disorders (NCDs) is an urgent priority in clinics. Neuropsychology assessments in NCDs seldom include tests exploring social cognitive skills. In 2022, we launched the SIGNATURE initiative to optimize socio-cognitive assessment in NCDs. Here, we report findings from the first initiative phase, including consortium creation and evaluation of the state of the art in socio-cognitive assessment in memory clinics. We developed an ad hoc online survey to explore practices and measures, relevance, and obstacles preventing the use of socio-cognitive testing in clinics. The survey was distributed within the SIGNATURE network. National coordinators were identified to disseminate the survey to local collaborators and scientific societies active in the field of dementia and/or neuropsychology. Data were analysed in aggregate form and stratified by geographical area and variables of interest. Four hundred and thirteen (413) responses from 10 European and Latin American geographical regions were recorded. Responders were balanced between physicians and psychologists. Seventy-eight (78) 
KW  - Humans
KW  - Neuropsychological Tests: standards
KW  - Neurocognitive Disorders: diagnosis
KW  - Neurocognitive Disorders: psychology
KW  - Social Cognition
KW  - Male
KW  - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW  - Female
KW  - Europe
KW  - dementia (Other)
KW  - harmonization (Other)
KW  - memory clinics (Other)
KW  - mild cognitive impairment (Other)
KW  - neurocognitive disorder (Other)
KW  - social cognition (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:40365933
C2  - pmc:PMC12424105
DO  - DOI:10.1111/jnp.12431
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/281365
ER  -