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Publication Date: 1995
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A Comprehensive Support Program: Effect on Depression in Spouse-Caregivers of AD Patients.
Mittelman, Mary S.; And Others
Gerontologist, v35 n6 p792-802 Dec 1995
Describes a psychosocial intervention program that treats the primary caregiver and family members of the Alzheimer's patient over the entire course of the disease. In the first year after intake, the control group became increasingly more depressed, whereas the treatment group remained stable. By the eighth month, treated caregivers were significantly less depressed. (JPS)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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