Transient psychosis due to caregiver burden in a patient caring for severely demented spouses

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 372-374

  Zvě̌róva, Martina ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiver burden; Transient psychosis

Indexed keywords

BROMAZEPAM; CLONAZEPAM; PROLACTIN; RISPERIDONE;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HALLUCINATION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LAZINESS; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SLEEP DISORDER; SPOUSE; SWEATING; THOUGHT DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868341976     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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