Feasibility of central meditation and imagery therapy for dementia caregivers

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 870-876

  Jain, Felipe A ^a   Nazarian, Nora ^a   Lavretsky, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; caregivers; dementia; depression; meditation; mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; OPEN STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; AGED; ANXIETY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; THERAPY;

AGED; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904571939     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4076     Document Type: Article

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