Does a Family Meetings Intervention Prevent Depression and Anxiety in Family Caregivers of Dementia Patients? A Randomized Trial

• Karlijn J. Joling ,

  * E-mail: k.joling@vumc.nl

  Affiliation Department of General Practice and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Harm W. J. van Marwijk,

  Affiliation Department of General Practice and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Filip Smit,

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Health Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Trimbos Institute (Netherlands Institute for Mental Health and Addiction), Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Henriëtte E. van der Horst,

  Affiliation Department of General Practice and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Philip Scheltens,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Alzheimer Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Peter M. van de Ven,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Health Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Mary S. Mittelman,

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Hein P. J. van Hout

  Affiliation Department of General Practice and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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