This retrospective chart review examines the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on 20 patients with both depression and psychosis complicating dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and other dementias. Fifteen of the 20 patients had moderate to marked improvement in depressive and psyc
Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors for the Treatment of Coexisting Depression and Psychosis in Dementia of the Alzheimer Type
β Scribed by Burke, William J.; Folks, David G.; Roccaforte, William H.; Wengel, Steven P.
- Book ID
- 123407282
- Publisher
- American Psychiatric Publishing Inc
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 576 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1064-7481
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