Is depression in Alzheimer's caregivers really due to activity restriction? A preliminary mediational test of the Activity Restriction Model

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 459-466

  Mausbach, Brent T ^a   Patterson, Thomas L ^a   Grant, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity Restriction Model; Alzheimer's disease; Behavior therapy; Caregiving; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CONTROL GROUPS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 53549131993     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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