Common mental disorder among family carers of demented older people in Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: Population aging is a global phenomenon associated with a rising prevalence of chronic degenerative diseases such as dementia. Dementia poses a challenge not only for patients but also their family caregivers who, in exercising this role, are at higher risk of mental illness. Th...

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Main Authors: Evelise Saia Rodolpho Duarte, Liciane Vaz de Arruda Silveira, Vanessa de Albuquerque Cítero, Alessandro Ferrari Jacinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642018000400402&lng=en&tlng=en