Finding and treating depression in Alzheimer's patients: A study of the effects on patients and caregivers

Psychopharmacology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 721-729

  Pfeiffer, Eric ^a,d   Baxter, Dorothy ^b   Candelora, Elizabeth ^b   Haag, Scott ^b   Nadiminti, Lakshmi ^b   Leaverton, Paul ^c  

^a Suncoast Gerontology Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiver burden; Depression; Diagnosis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031423903     PISSN: 00485764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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