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Components of psychological resilience in dementia caregivers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2019

Kelsey T. Laird
Affiliation:
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA Email: hlavretsky@mednet.ucla.edu
Helen Lavretsky
Affiliation:
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA Email: hlavretsky@mednet.ucla.edu

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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2019 

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