Emotional therapy for patients with dementia

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 303-306

  Hirazakura, Akiko ^a   Hatakeyama, Reiko ^b   Fukuoka, Yumiko ^b   Satoh, Atsuko ^b   Kobayashi, Kazuko ^b   Fujii, Masahiko ^a   Sasaki, Hidetada ^b  

^a Sendai Tomizawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b Akita University of Nursing and Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 56649087938     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2008.00486.x     Document Type: Letter

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