Drugs for disruptive features in dementia

Alistair Burns

doi:10.1136/dtb.2003.4111

Drugs for disruptive features in dementia

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It estimated that around 750,000 people in the UK have dementia and, of these, 60% will have behavioural changes or psychological symptoms. These features tend to occur in clusters, of which the five most readily recognised are characterised by aggression, apathy, depression, psychomotor agitation or psychosis. Here, we review the place of drug therapy in the management of patients in whom these features are distruptive.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	3
Journal	Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
Volume	41
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2003.4111
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2003

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