Behavioral activation for dementia caregivers: scheduling pleasant events and enhancing communications
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Behavioral activation for dementia caregivers: scheduling pleasant events and enhancing communications
BACKGROUND Dementia caregiving is often associated with increase in depressive symptoms and strained relationships. This study tested whether telephone-delivered psychoeducation combined with an enhanced behavioral activation (BA) module had a better effect on the well-being of Alzheimer's caregivers than psychoeducation alone. The focus is on enhancing the competent use of coping skills via BA...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Interventions in Aging
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1178-1998
DOI: 10.2147/cia.s72348