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International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis Volume 4 (2018), Article ID 4:IJPBA-154, 7 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2018/154
Research Article
Demographic Factor's Effect on the Depression of Saudi Caregivers of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and the Importance of Social Support on Caregiver's Life to Cope with The Burden and Depression

Mogeda El Sayed El Keshky 1,2*

1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Assiut University, Egypt
Dr. Mogeda El Sayed El Keshky, King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Psychology, P.O. Box 42803, Jeddah 21551, Saudi Arabia; E-mail: drmogeda@gmail.com
22 October 2018; 15 November 2018; 17 November 2018
Keshky MES (2018) Demographic Factor´s Effect on the Depression of Saudi Caregivers of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and the Importance of Social Support on Caregiver's Life to Cope with The Burden and Depression. Int J Psychol Behav Anal 4: 154. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2018/154
This project was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, under grant no. (G- 521 - 246 -39).
© 2018 Keshky. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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