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Agitation in Older Persons with Dementia: A Guide for Families and Caregivers (regular type)

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Treatment of Agitation in Older Persons with Dementia

This guideline publication has subsequently been updated. For the most up-to-date recommendations on this disorder, you should access Treatment of Dementia and Agitation: A Guide for Families and Caregivers (2005) in pdf, Small print

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Depression in Older Adults: A Guide for Patients and Families

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Using Antipsychotic Agents in Older Patients

Alexopoulos GS, Streim J, Carpenter D,. Docherty JP. The Expert Consensus Guidelines®: Using Antipsychotic Agents in Older Patients. J Clin Psychiatry 2004;65(suppl 2):1-105

Antipsychotics are widely used in geriatric psychiatric disorders. A growing number of atypical antipsychotics are available, expanding clinical options but complicating decision-making. Many questions about the use of antipsychotics in older patients remain unanswered by available clinical literature.

Pharmacotherapy of Depressive Disorders in Older Patients

Alexopoulos GS, Katz IR, Reynolds CF, Carpenter D, Docherty JP. The Expert Consensus Guidelines®: Pharmacotherapy of Depressive Disorders in Older Patients. A Postgraduate Medicine Special Report. October 2001. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Depression in older patients contributes to personal suffering and family disruption and increases disability, medical morbidity, mortality, suicide risk, and healthcare utilization.

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