Psychiatric complications of dementia: Impact on caregivers

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-55

  Victoroff, Jeff ^a,c,d   Mack, Wendy J ^a   Nielson, Kristy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Agitation; Alzheimer's disease; Caregivers; Depression; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031961767     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017022     Document Type: Article

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