A pilot study compared the difficulties faced by co-resident relatives caring for elderly patients with dementia and those with depression, referred to a psychogeriatric service in London. The mean GHQ-28 score of 23 dementia carers was significantly higher than that of 17 carers of elderly people w
A cross-cultural study on expressed emotion in carers of people with dementia and schizophrenia: Japan and England
β Scribed by Hiroko Nomura; Shimpei Inoue; Naoto Kamimura; Shinji Shimodera; Yoshio Mino; Lynsey Gregg; Nicholas Tarrier
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 124 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-9285
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