Caregiver health: Health of caregivers of Alzheimer's and other dementia patients topical collection on geriatric disorders

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Richardson, Todd J ^a   Lee, Soo J ^b   Berg Weger, Marla ^a   Grossberg, George T ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiver burden; Caregiver health; Dementia; Geriatric disorders; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; ESCITALOPRAM; PLACEBO;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER BURDEN INTERVIEW; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CAREGIVER WELL BEING SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDITATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; MONTGOMERY BORGATTA BURDEN MEASURE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SUPPORT GROUP; YOGA; COST OF ILLNESS; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; NURSING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84891690517     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-013-0367-2     Document Type: Article

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