Journey from theory to practice: Setting up a Huntington Disease service in Romania

Authors

Ramona Moldovan^1,*, Radu Popp², Cătălina Crișan³, Vasile Țibre⁴

¹ Department of Psychology, Babeș- Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
² Department of Molecular Sciences, Discipline of Medical Genetics, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
³ Department of Neurosciences, Discipline of Psychiatry and Pediatric Psychiatry, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
⁴ Department of Neurosciences, Discipline of Neurology and Pediatric Neurology, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Abstract

In Romania, the diagnosis and care of patients with Huntington’s Disease (HD) and support of their families is problematic given the absence of integrated services and multidisciplinary teams adequately trained to approach HD. Thus, there is a fragmentation of all actions that are necessary for HD families in terms of diagnosis, treatment and support. At the moment, there is no HD center in Romania and there is no standard practice for HD patients. Setting up a regional HD center in Cluj that would start by serving Transylvania has been our objective for a couple of years and our efforts so far have started to show results. The aim of the current paper is to discuss our progress in developing the first HD multidisciplinary clinic in Romania.

Keywords: Huntington’s Disease, clinic, multidisciplinary, Romania

PAGES:203-209

doi:10.24193/cbb.2017.21.12

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