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Antipsychotic Drugs Predominate in Pharmacotherapy of Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

DOI

39

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0

References

2012

Year

Matthias Huber, Marita Kölzsch, Michael A. Rapp, Ines Wulff, Sonja Kalinowski, Juliane Bolbrinker, Werner Hofmann, J. Scholze, Dagmar Dräger, Reinhold Kreutz
Pharmacopsychiatry

Abstract

This study demonstrates the wide-spread use of psychotropic drugs in NHR. Moreover, dementia in NHR was associated with antipsychotic drug prescribing in every second patient. This highlights the need for further studies analyzing alternative treatments for dementia-related symptoms.