The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia

• DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.173501
• Publication Date: 2016-05-01T07:32:17Z
• Authors: Victor I. Reus; Laura J. Fochtmann; A. Evan Eyler; Donald M. Hilty; Marcela Horvitz-L...; Michael D. Jibson; Oscar L. Lopez; Jane Mahoney; Jagoda Pasic; Zaldy S. Tan; Cheryl D. Wills; Richard Rhoads; Joel Yager
• Keywords: Psychiatry; Biomedical and Clinical Sciences; Consensus Development Conferences as Topic; Biological Psychology; Psychology and Cognitive Sciences; Clinical sciences; Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Medical and Health Sciences; United States; Clinical and health psychology; 3. Good health; Good Health and Well Being; Psychotic Disorders; Psychology; Humans; Dementia; Psychomotor Agitation; Antipsychotic Agents

(Reprinted with permission from American Journal of Psychiatry 2016; 173:543-546).