About the Authors

Amit Dias

dr_amit_dias@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Goa Medical College, Goa, India

Michael E. Dewey

Affiliation Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, United Kingdom

Jean D'Souza

Affiliation Dementia Society of Goa, Goa, India

Rajesh Dhume

Affiliation Directorate of Health Services, Goa, India

Dilip D. Motghare

Affiliation Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Goa Medical College, Goa, India

K. S. Shaji

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Medical College, Thrissur, India

Rajiv Menon

Affiliation Mental Health Centre, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Martin Prince

Affiliation Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, United Kingdom

Vikram Patel

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VP MP AD KS RM DM. Performed the experiments: AD JD RD. Analyzed the data: MD VP MP AD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VP MP AD DM. Wrote the paper: MD VP MP AD JD KS. Other: Served as statistician for the trial: MD. Coordinated 10/66 dementia research group: MP. Coordinated the trial: AD. Home Care Advisor, guide: JD. Served as clinical consultant, psychiatrist: RD.