| Автор | Kumar, Vinod |
| Автор | Salama, Azia, A. |
| Автор | Desai, Bipin |
| Автор | Kumar, Nita |
| Дата выпуска | 1988 |
| dc.description | In a survey of drug prescribing, we interviewed 41 dementia patients and 37 normal elderly, both groups living in their homes. We found that 83 percent of the dementia patients and more than half (54 percent) of the normal elderly were receiving medications. The use of psychotropic medications was mainly limited to the dementia group, who continued to show psychopathology as measured by the BPRS (Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale) in spite of pharmacotherapy. The degree of dementia measured by Mini-Mental State examination<sup>1</sup> was significantly correlated with the degree of psychopathology measured by Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS).<sup>2</sup> Polypharmacy (use of multiple psychotropic drugs) was not a problem in our sample. There appears to be a resistance of the psychiatric symptoms associated with dementia to respond to prescribed psychotropic medications. |
| Издатель | Prime National Publishing Corp. |
| Название | A community survey |
| Тип | Journal Article |
| DOI | 10.1177/153331758800300307 |
| Print ISSN | 1533-3175 |
| Журнал | American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias |
| Том | 3 |
| Первая страница | 16 |
| Последняя страница | 20 |
| Аффилиация | Kumar, Vinod, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry; Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois. |
| Аффилиация | Salama, Azia, A., Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois. |
| Аффилиация | Kumar, Nita, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois. |
| Выпуск | 3 |
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