Anticonvulsants in the treatment of aggression in the demented elderly: An update

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Amann, Benedikt ^a   Pantel, Johannes ^b   Grunze, Heinz ^c   Vieta, Eduard ^d   Colom, Francesc ^d   Gonzalez Pinto, Ana ^a   Naber, Dieter ^e   Hampel, Harald ^f,g  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OXCARBAZEPINE; PLACEBO; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFUSION; DEEP SEDATION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; EPILEPSY; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MANIA; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MONOTHERAPY; PANIC; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TOXICITY; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIC; TREATMENT INDICATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 67650258724     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-5-14     Document Type: Review

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