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International Journal of Global Social Work Volume 4 (2021), Article ID 4:IJGSW-119, 3 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/ijgsw/2021/119
Commentary
Aspects about Effects of Comorbid Diseases on Cognitive Decline and Dementia Prevention

Sabine Bährer-Kohler1,2,3,4* and Istvan Boksay5

1Invited Professor for Mental Health/ Mental Health & Social Determinants at Tropical Neurology and Neuroinfection Master, International University of Catalonia (UIC), Barcelona, Spain
2Managing Director, Dr. Bährer-Kohler& Partners, Switzerland
3President, Association for Mental Health- Global Mental Health, Switzerland
4Chair, Houses of Health, Switzerland
5Dementia Prevention Center, New York, NY, USA
Prof. Dr. Sabine Bährer-Kohler, Mental Health & Social, Determinants at Tropical Neurology and Neuroinfection Master, International University of Catalonia (UIC), Barcelona, Spain, Tel: +41 (0) 61 5513059; E-mail: sabine.baehrer@datacomm.ch
30 July 2021; 05 August 2021; 07 August 2021
Bährer-Kohler S, Boksay I (2021) Aspects about Effects of Comorbid Diseases on Cognitive Decline and Dementia Prevention. Int J Global Soc Work 4: 119. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/ijgsw/2021/119
© 2021 Bährer-Kohler et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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