Treatment of Behavioral Symptoms in DementiaAbstract: Behavioral disorders show a wide spectrum of symptoms and frequency in dementia disorders. Their occurrence and severity predict nursing home admission. With increasing dementia severity the ...
Risks of Antipsychotics in Old Age, Particularly in Dementia: ReviewAntipsychotics are widely used in the treatment auf challenging behaviour in dementia with second generation antipsychotics today being prescribed more often than the older agents. Given ...
Sensorimotor gating deficits in psychiatric disordersPrepulse inhibition (PPI) of the acoustic startle response has been firmly established as an operational measure of sensorimotor gating. PPI is regulated by a cortico-striato-pallido-pontine (CSPP) ...
Tardive movement disorders with antipsychotics – a case of aripirazole-induced tardive dystonia and review of the literatureAbstract. Extrapyramidal adverse events (EPS) occur less frequently with second-generation ...
Abstract. Risperidone is a widely used, second-generation antipsychotic approved for treating schizophrenia as well as for treating aggression in children and adolescents with mental retardation. The substance ...
Polypharmacy of psychotropic drugs in child and adolescent psychiatry in Germany – rather the rule than the exceptionAbstract.Background: Polypharmacy increases the risk of interactions and enhances the chance of ...
The Treatment of Psychological and Behavioral Symptoms in DementiaAbstract. The present article discusses the potential benefits and risks of use of neuroleptics in the treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with dementia. Behavioral ...
The article presents a user-friendly overview of psychotropic drugs which are helpful for the prescription in a primary care practice. The author recommends to get familiar with just a small selection of drugs first and second line. This means to know ...
Pros and Cons of Antipsychotics in Children and AdolescentsAbstract. In the last decade the indication of antipsychotics has been expanded from the treatment of psychoses to the treatment of impulsive-aggressive behaviors in mentally retarded children ...
Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Therapy of Psychotic Disorders in the ElderlyAbstract. Psychotic disorders in the elderly cover a wide range of causes and manifestations. They often occur as part of a depression, ...
Abstract. Existing research has primarily evaluated music therapy (MT) as a means of reducing the negative affect, behavioral, and/or cognitive symptoms of dementia. Music listening (ML), on the other hand, offers ...