Documentation, assessment, and treatment of aggression in patients with newly diagnosed dementia

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-121

  Kunik, Mark E ^a,b,f   Walgama, Jonathan P ^c   Lynn Snow, A ^b,d,e   Davila, Jessica A ^a   Schulz, Paul E ^a   Steele, Avila B ^a   Morgan, Robert O ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs South Central Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^c AUSTIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Assessment; Dementia; Documentation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRAZODONE;

AGED; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANGER; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SLEEP DISORDER; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGGRESSION; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEMENTIA; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 34249941595     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e318065c4ba     Document Type: Review

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