Agitation: How to manage behavior disturbances in the older patient with dementia

Geriatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 33-37

  Neugroschl, Judith ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TRAZODONE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEMENTIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GERONTOLOGY; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NOTE;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION;

EID: 0036203104     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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