Are psychotherapeutic effects on family caregivers of people with dementia sustainable? Two-year long-term effects of a telephone-based cognitive behavioral intervention

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 774-781

  Wilz, Gabriele ^a   Meichsner, Franziska ^a   Soellner, Renate ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT); dementia; family caregiving; Long term evaluation; telephone intervention

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM PSYCHOTHERAPY; TELEPHONE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84961221254     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2016.1156646     Document Type: Article

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