Interventions for caregivers of patients with dementia

Actas Espanolas de Psiquiatria

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 300-314

  Martin Carrasco, Manuel ^a,b,c   Ballesteros Rodriguez, Javier ^a,c,d   Domínguez Panehon, Ana I ^a,e   Muñoz Hermoso, Paula ^a,b   González Fraile, Eduardo ^a,d  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Psiquiatricas   (Spain)

^b Clinica Psiquiatrica Padre Menni Pamplona   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e Hospital Alta Menni Arrasate Mondragon   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Burden; Caregiver; Dementia; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84922592602     PISSN: 11399287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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