title: Depression in the spouses of demented patients.
abstract: The authors present three cases of depression requiring hospitalization in spouses of patients with progressive dementia. They discuss the stress of caring for demented people and the need for clinicians to inquire about depressive symptoms in care givers.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage