Group reminiscence therapy for cognitive and affective function of demented elderly in Taiwan

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1235-1240

  Wang, Jing Jy ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Affective function; Cognitive impairment; Demented elderly; Group reminiscence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD DISORDER; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLING; TAIWAN; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TAIWAN;

EID: 37349117611     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1821     Document Type: Article

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