Effects of problem solving therapy on mental health outcomes in family caregivers of persons with a new diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment or early dementia: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 771-781

  Garand, Linda ^a   Rinaldo, Donna E ^a   Alberth, Mary M ^a   Delany, Jill ^a   Beasock, Stacey L ^a   Lopez, Oscar L ^b   Reynolds III, Charles F ^b   Dew, Mary Amanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early dementia; Early family dementia caregiving; Mild cognitive impairment; Problem Solving therapy

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTION SIZE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROBLEM SOLVING THERAPY; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADULT; ANXIETY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904647260     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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