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Clinical Features and Pharmacologic Treatment of Behavioral Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease
Neurol 48 (Suppl 6) :S17-S24997., Borson,S.&Raskind,M.A., 1997
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Article Abstract
Behavioral symptoms are an integral component of Alzheimers disease(AD)and an important cause of failure of home care.Well-chosen pharmacologic and psychosocial treatments can improve many of the distressing problem behaviors that occur in the course of the disease and,in some cases,any delay institutionalization.However,controlled trails remain scarce,and prediction of treatment outcome for individual patients is still uncertain at best.Recent improvements in the characterization of behavioral syndromes in AD hold promise for increasing the specificity of treatment choice and the predictability of response.This article reviews features of the major behavior problems associated with AD and evidence for the effectiveness of existing treatments.We argue that the origins of behavior approach to treatment decision-making that respects both the clinician's need to intervene to reduce suffering and the limitations of the current knowledge.
 
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