Professor Brian Lawlor - Why doctors should rethink dementia as brain health
Dementia Researcher Blogs10 Juli 2025

Professor Brian Lawlor - Why doctors should rethink dementia as brain health

Professor Brian Lawlor narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.

In this blog, Brian argues for a fundamental shift in how doctors approach dementia. Instead of seeing it solely as an incurable disease, he proposes a brain health framework that empowers clinicians to manage risks, prevent complications like delirium, reduce inappropriate medications, and support quality of life. By adopting proactive, holistic care strategies, Brian (and the evidence) believes dementia can become a more manageable condition, akin to how cancer care has evolved.

Find the original text, and narration here on our website.

https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-why-doctors-should-rethink-dementia-as-brain-health/

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Brian Lawlor is a Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, and a Founding Director of GBHI at Trinity. He is a geriatric psychiatrist with an interest in dementia, late-life depression, loneliness and brain health. Brian has worked for over 30 years on developing services and delivering care to people with dementia. His research interests have ranged from early detection and prevention to evaluating new treatments for dementia. His current work is taking a life course preventive and brain health approach, as he is convinced that we must move more 'upstream', if we are to effectively tackle the 'wicked' problem of dementia.

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