TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION IN DEMENTIA
โ Scribed by Alexopoulos, George S.
- Book ID
- 123043204
- Publisher
- American Psychiatric Publishing Inc
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 45 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1064-7481
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## Abstract ## Objective To assess the prevalence, diagnosis and treatment of depression among dementia patients and normal controls in chronic care facilities in the last six months of life. ## Method We reviewed perimortal data concerning dementia severity, depressive symptoms and diagnoses, a
Patients suffering from dementia exhibit depressive symptoms in up to 86 per cent of cases. Syndromes meeting the criteria for major depression are more likely to respond to pharmacological therapy. Increased activity of M A 0 found in demented subjects make the treatment with MAO-inhibitors an obvi