Effect of antipsychotic withdrawal on behavior and sleep/wake activity in nursing home residents with dementia: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded study the Bergen district nursing home study
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The effect on sleep/wake activity and on behavioral and psychological symptoms of the withdrawal of antipsychotic medications from nursing home (NH) patients with dementia is explored. The findings state that antipsychotic drug withdrawal affected activity and sleep efficiency over short term.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
Psychological aspects, Health aspects, Care and treatment, Causes of, Dementia, Aged patients, Elderly patients, Sleep disorders, Antipsychotic drugs, Antipsychotic agents
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
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Hetercyclics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the treatment and prevention of poststroke depression
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A study, examining the current evidence on heterocyclics and serotonin-reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) treatments of poststroke depression, is presented.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
Drug therapy, Heterocyclic compounds, Dosage and administration, Depression in old age, Geriatric depression, Serotonin uptake inhibitors, Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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