Cognitive-behavioural group therapy improves a psychophysiological marker of stress in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 801-808

  Aboulafia Brakha, T ^a   Suchecki, D ^b   Gouveia Paulino, F ^c   Nitrini, R ^d   Ptak, R ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Burden; Caregiver; Cognitive behavioural therapy; Cortisol; Dementia; Neuropsychiatric symptoms; Psychoeducation; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BURDEN; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; SECRETION (PROCESS); STRESS;

ALZHEIMER; BURDEN; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY; CORTISOL; DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; STRESS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CAREGIVERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84902543152     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.880406     Document Type: Article

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