The use of risperidone in severely demented patients with persistent vocalizations

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-77

  Kopala, Lili C ^a,c   Honer, William G ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dementia; Geriatrics; Risperidone; Tardive dyskinesia; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; RATING SCALE; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; VOCALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEMENTIA; DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; RISPERIDONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031023257     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199701)12:1<73::AID-GPS481>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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