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   Patients' fear of dementia is concealing its true prevalence   
   The Pharmaceutical Journal, 29 OCT 2014   
      
      
   Stigma and fear associated with dementia is preventing early diagnosis and   
   hampering researchers from obtaining a full picture of the disease, according   
   to a report by think tank the International Longevity Centre UK.    
      
   In the report, 'New Perspectives and Approaches to Understanding Dementia and   
   Stigma', published on 24 October 2014, researchers found that at least 25% of   
   people with dementia keep their diagnosis a secret because of the stigma   
   associated with it, and    
   people aged over 55 years fear a diagnosis of dementia more than any other   
   condition.    
      
   The Medical Research Council (MRC), which collaborated in the study, said it   
   was important to acknowledge the stigma and fear associated with dementia. "If   
   people are too frightened to address the early signs of dementia we can't   
   possibly get a full    
   picture of the disease from a research perspective," says Hugh Perry, the   
   chair of its neuroscience and mental health board.    
      
   The report was published as the MRC launched the £53m Dementias Platform UK   
   (DPUK) -- a partnership between universities and the pharmaceutical industry   
   that aims to create the world's largest study group for dementia research. The   
   DPUK will have access    
   to health and lifestyle information for more than two million people aged over   
   50 years and other scientific data to help inform the early detection,   
   treatment and prevention of dementia.     
      
   Citation: The Pharmaceutical Journal, 8 November 2014, Vol 293, No 7835,   
   online    
      
   URI: 20066974   
      
      
   http://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/news-and-analysis/news-in-   
   rief/patients-fear-of-dementia-is-concealing-its-true-prevalence   
   20066974.article   
      
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