Treatment of behavioral disorders in dementia patients;Tratamento dos transtornos do comportamento de pacientes com demência

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 15-21

  Tamai, Sérgio ^a,b  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b IRMANDADE DA SANTA CASA DE MISERICÓRDIA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dementia; Disruptive behavior disorder; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUSPIRONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CITALOPRAM; CLOZAPINE; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SELEGILINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; THIORIDAZINE; TIOTIXENE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; AMNESIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 0036115847     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462002000500005     Document Type: Review

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