Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP) Applied to Caregivers of Patients With Dementia.

Caregivers of patients with dementia experience high levels of stress and burden, with effects comparable to those of a traumatic event. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) appear to be effective in recovering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We aimed at investigating the effectiveness of the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP) on the "caregiver syndrome".

Prolonged grief in caregivers of community-dwelling dementia patients.

Objectives: To estimate the frequency of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) in 90 primary caregivers of patients with dementia who live in the community dwelling in Milan and to identify the relationship between grief intensity (GI) and other caregiver variables; another aim was to clarify the role of the objective cognitive and functional impairment of the patients and the level of deterioration perceived by caregivers.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Results: In all, 16.

Cognitive behavioral group intervention for Alzheimer caregivers.

Long-term caregiving of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) frequently induces a relevant distress enhanced by inadequate coping strategies. This study aimed to explore the impact of cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT) group intervention on AD patients' caregivers. In particular, reduction in caregivers' global care needs and in anxiety and depression has been investigated.

GOOD or BAD responder? Behavioural and neuroanatomical markers of clinical response to donepezil in dementia.

We explored the neuropsychological and neuromorphometrical differences between probable Alzheimer's disease patients showing a good or a bad response to nine months treatment with donepezil. Before treatment, the neuropsychological profile of the two patient groups was perfectly matched. By the ninth month after treatment, the BAD-responders showed a decline of the MMSE score together with a progressive impairment of executive functions.

[Levels of burden of Alzheimer disease caregivers].

Introduction: Our aim was to investigate the caregiver burden by means of scales to quantify the perceived burden, and the anxiety and depression levels.

Methods: Seventy-seven caregivers of patients with Alzheimer disease or other kinds of dementia (19 males and 58 females) admitted to the Alzheimer Evaluation Unit of Milan Niguarda Ca'Granda Hospital, were enrolled and filled in Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) and the short form of the Anxiety and Depression scale (AD-R). The statistical analysis demonstrates that caregiver with relatives affected by more severe cognitive impairment (patients) show significant levels of burden and anxiety.