Caregiver's distress is associated with delusions in alzheimer's patients

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 92-98

  Riello, Roberta ^a,b   Geroldi, Cristina ^a   Zanetti, Orazio ^a   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiver's distress; Delusions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DELUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037908945     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964280209596047     Document Type: Article

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