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Treating Dementia With Atypical Antipsychotics. Part 1
Posted By Kelly On Monday, January 4th 2010 under: Pharmacotherapy, Uncategorized Tags: Antipsychotics, Drugs, Medications, Psychiatric Illnesses, Psychiatric treatment
Patients with dementia display a broad range of cognitive impairments and behavioral and psychotic symptoms. Common behavioral symptoms include verbal and physical aggression, hyperactivity, disinhibition, and pacing and wandering; common psychotic symptoms include paranoia, delusions and hallucinations. These behavioral and psychotic symptoms are the leading cause for the use of more restrictive supervised environments, including institutionalization.
Effective pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment of these symptoms is desirable and, in addition, might delay ... Read More
Limbic – Energy Level, Agitation, Emotions
Posted By Kelly On Saturday, December 26th 2009 under: Images Diagrams Tables, Uncategorized
The noradrenergic projection from the locus coeruleus to limbic cortex may mediate emotions, as well as energy, fatigue, and psychomotor agitation or psychomotor retardation. ... Read More
