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How do stroke-risk considerations affect your use of atypical antipsychotics for patients with dementia?

Related Q&A on antipsychotics in Alzheimer's.In light of the publication from Choma et al., PMID 41063545.

How do you manage sleep disturbances in patients with Alzheimer’s disease without relying heavily on deliriogenic medications?

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How do you approach evaluating sudden mental status changes in telepsychiatry patients, particularly older adults, when medical causes such as infection or metabolic disturbance may be contributing factors?

What red flags prompt you to recommend urgent in-person evaluation? Are there particular strategies or screening questions you have found helpful to d...

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How do you treat agitation in progressive supranuclear palsy?

Would you consider benzodiazepines for agitation in progressive supranuclear palsy? What other treatment strategies would you consider?

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What are your preferred strategies for managing sundowning in patients with moderate Alzheimer’s disease?

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Front Neurol, 2021 Jul 01

Best Practices in the Clinical Management of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Syndrome: A Consensus Statement of the CurePSP Centers of Care.

Semin Neurol, 2022 Apr

Medication Management of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Neurological Conditions: A Dimensional Transdiagnostic Approach.

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2014-03-21

Pharmacotherapies for sleep disturbances in Alzheimer's disease.

Translational psychiatry, 2022 Apr 01

Sleep in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of polysomnographic findings.

Journal of sleep research, 2020 Dec 02

Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to enhance sleep in mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review.

Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society, 2016 Jan 27

Mirtazapine does not improve sleep disorders in Alzheimer's disease: results from a double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study.

European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 Dec 01

Effects of quetiapine on sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials.

CNS drugs, 2024 Aug 09

Effects of Trazodone on Sleep: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

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