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Treatment of the elderly suffering from psychosis and dementia.
J Clin Psychiatry
October 1996
Section on Geriatric Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-1264, USA.
Studies with elderly demented subjects have suggested that overt hostility, agitation, hallucinosis, and hyperactivity are the most likely symptom profiles to respond to neuroleptics, but the available research data do not point to any one clear choice of medications. Meanwhile, recent government regulations require specific diagnosis-related indications for the use of neuroleptics. Unfortunately, there is still a general shortage of double-blind, placebo-controlled studies with either typical or atypical neuroleptics.
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Int J Psychiatry Med
July 1986
This review article addresses some of the complex issues surrounding antidepressant drug usage among elderly depressives. While primarily geared toward the psychiatrist in general practice, the article provides useful information for the nonpsychiatric physician who is frequently called upon to evaluate and treat affective disorders in the geriatric population. Since tricyclic antidepressants and lithium are the most commonly used psychotropic drugs in the treatment of depression, their side effects and adverse reactions are discussed specifically as these relate to the elderly.
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