Treatment of depressive symptoms in a Chinese female dementia caregiver: A case study using cognitive/behavioral methods

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 81-85

  Tang, Paulette ^a   Gallagher Thompson, Dolores ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 21644450603     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v28n03_07     Document Type: Note

References (7)

1. Braun, K. L. & Browne, C. V. (1998). Perceptions of dementia, caregiving and help seeking among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Health and Social Work, 23, 262-273.
2. Fuh, J. L., Wang, S. J., Liu, H. C., Liu, C. Y., & Wang, H. C. (1999). Predictors of depression among Chinese family caregivers of Alzheimer's patients. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 13(3), 171-175.
3. Gallagher-Thompson, D., Coon, D. W., Solano, N., Ambler, C., Rabinowitz, Y., & Thompson, L. W. (2003). Changes in indices of distress among Latina and Caucasian female caregivers of elderly relatives with dementia: Site specific results from the REACH national collaborative study. The Gerontologist, 43, 580-591.
4. Gaw, A. C. (1993). Psychiatric care of Chinese Americans. In A. C. Gaw (Ed.), Culture, ethnicity and mental illness (pp. 245-280). Washington, D. C.: American Psychiatric Press.
5. Janevic, M. R. & Connell, C. M. (2001). Racial, ethnic, and cultural differences in the dementia caregiving experience: Recent findings. The Gerontologist, 41, 334-347.
6. Weitzman, P. F., Chee, Y.K. & Levkoff, S. E. (1999). A social cognitive examination of responses to family conflicts by African-American and Chinese-American caregivers. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 14, 343-350.
7. Yesavage, J. A., Brink, T.L., Rose, T. L., Lum, O., Huang, V., Adey, M. et al. (1983). Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 17, 37-49.