Antipsychotics in Alzheimer's disease: A critical analysis

Abstract The estimated worldwide prevalence of dementia among adults older than 60 years of age was 3.9% in 2005. About 90% of demented patients will develop neuropsychiatric symptoms (NS) such as delirium, delusion, aggressiveness and agitation. The treatment of NS involves non-pharmacologic strate...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Marques da Silva, Rafaela de Castro Oliveira Pereira Braga, Thiago Junqueira Avelino-Silva, Luiz Antonio Gil Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642011000100038&lng=en&tlng=en