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Multi-psychotropic drug prescription and the association to neuropsychiatric symptoms in three Norwegian nursing home cohorts between 2004 and 2011

BACKGROUND: Neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as affective symptoms, psychosis, agitation, and apathy are common among nursing home patients with and without dementia. Treatment with one or more psychotropic drug is often without explicit clinical indication, despite low treatment efficacy, and potent...

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Autores principales: Gulla, Christine, Selbaek, Geir, Flo, Elisabeth, Kjome, Reidun, Kirkevold, Øyvind, Husebo, Bettina S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4888256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27245665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0287-1