Editorial: New frameworks for chronic diseases treatment: research, prevention, intervention

The present Research Topic aimed at reflecting on the advances in prevention as well as in intervention for chronic diseases, enhancing a comprehensive overview of these conditions, with a particular emphasis on “multidimensionality,” intended as the capability to combine different levels of analysis (biochemical, cognitive, affective, environmental etc.), as key issue to address the multifactorial nature of chronic diseases. It aimed, therefore, to shed light on tasks, challenges and new perspectives of research and intervention with different kind of chronic diseases and patients, to understand the new contributions and possible directions for research and intervention in this field.