Evidence-based interventions for nursing home residents with dementia-related behavioral symptoms

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 985-1005

  Bharani, Nipali ^a   Snowden, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUSPIRONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CITALOPRAM; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DONEPEZIL; GABAPENTIN; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; LOXAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OXAZEPAM; PAROXETINE; PROPRANOLOL; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; THIORIDAZINE; TIOTIXENE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

AGITATION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MASSAGE; MUSIC THERAPY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SLEEP; SPEECH THERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WALKING;

AGED; AGGRESSION; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION;

EID: 28544433370     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2005.09.004     Document Type: Review

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