The Treatment of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: Weighing Benefits and Risks.
Zdanys KF, Carvalho AF, Tampi RR, Steffens DC. The Treatment of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: Weighing Benefits and Risks. Current Alzheimer Research 2016, 13: 1124-33. PMID: 27160166, DOI: 10.2174/1567205013666160510121633.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychological symptomsAssessment of BPSDManagement of BPSDPharmacologic treatment strategiesTreatment of BehavioralSignificant adverse effectsAvailable medicationsTreatment strategiesCurrent evidencePharmacological approachesWeighing benefitsBPSDDementiaAged populationAdverse effectsMedicationsPatientsSymptomsAvailable literatureRiskCaregivers