Benefits of psychodynamic group therapy on depression, burden and quality of life of family caregivers to Alzheimer’s disease patients

Abstract Background Family members providing continuous care to demented patients suffer from severe burden that impairs quality of life and often evolves to depression. Objective This study aims to evaluate the effect of psychodynamic group psychotherapy (PGT) compared to body awareness therapy...

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Main Authors: Dorli Kamkhagi, Ana Carolina Oliveira Costa, Sandra Kusminsky, Deborah Supino, Breno Satler Diniz, Wagner Farid Gattaz, Orestes Vicente Forlenza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-12-01
Series:Archives of Clinical Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-60832015000600157&lng=en&tlng=en