Family carer's responses to behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1007-1012

  Ward, Sandy ^a   Opie, Janet ^a   O'Connor, Daniel W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Caregiver; Dementia; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOPATHY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 0344099010     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1005     Document Type: Article

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