When should antipsychotics for the management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia be discontinued?

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 24-29

  Gordon, Michael ^a  

^a BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia; BPSD; Neuroleptics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DONEPEZIL; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TRAZODONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORNING DOSAGE; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84976271687     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: 19435010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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