The withdrawal of antipsychotics and antidepressants from patients with dementia and BPSD living in nursing homes - An open pilot study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 877-879

  Bergh, Sverre ^a   Engedal, Knut ^a,b,c  

^a INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; OPEN STUDY; PILOT STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TREND STUDY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PILOT PROJECTS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 50249099116     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2008     Document Type: Article

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