A Psychosocial Intervention for Managing Disinhibition in People With the Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia: A Matter of Focusing

Management of disinhibited behavior in people with the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia is challenging. To support health care professionals in long-term care, we developed “Focusing,” a psychosocial intervention based on theory of automatic behavior, stimulus processing, and resident-staff interactions. The intervention was evaluated for feasibility and limited efficacy with a replicated single-case A-B observation study in 6 cases, and using questionnaires and interviews with health care professionals.