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Publikováno v:
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. 39:97-102
Vocally disruptive behavior (VDB) is a common and particularly difficult symptom to manage in dementia. VDB is usually considered collectively with agitation and aggression as a component of behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia and is th
Autor:
Anna Maria Meaney, Colm Cooney
Publikováno v:
Irish journal of psychological medicine. 20(2)
Objectives: In Ireland elderly patients with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are frequently prescribed anti-psychotic and other psychotropic agents. Elderly patients with dementia are more sensitive to adverse effects of med
Autor:
Odile Hally, Colm Cooney
Publikováno v:
Irish journal of psychological medicine. 22(4)
Objectives: This study was carried out to determine the prescribing of psychotropic medication of non-consultant hospital doctors in the management of delirium and to compare this with best practice guidelines.Method: A structured questionnaire was f
Publikováno v:
Irish journal of psychological medicine. 27(2)
Objectives: With increasing longevity, more people will develop dementia. These people will have a wide range of needs according to their circumstances. Services in the community struggle to meet these needs. This study aimed to identify needs of dem
Publikováno v:
Irish journal of psychological medicine. 28(4)
Diogenes syndrome or senile squalor syndrome has been described in the psychiatric literature with an associated mental illness in between one half and two thirds of the cases cited. The occurrence of the syndrome in the absence of a psychiatric diso
Publikováno v:
Irish journal of psychological medicine. 30(3)
ObjectiveMore people are living beyond their 90s, yet this group has not been much studied. This study aimed to describe a sample of non-agenarians and centerians attending an old age psychiatry service with a focus on pharmacotherapy.MethodsRetrospe
Use of Low-Dose Gabapentin for Aggressive Behavior in Vascular and Mixed Vascular/Alzheimer Dementia
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 25:120-125
Recent reports highlighting serious adverse effects of antipsychotic medication in behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) has led to calls for research on alternative agents. The authors describe the use of low-dose gabapentin to tr
Autor:
James Conor Kinahan, Aoife NiChorcorain, Siobhan Barry, Sean Cunningham, Colm Cooney, Aideen Freyne, Brendan D. Kelly
Publikováno v:
Journal of clinical psychopharmacology. 35(4)
In lithium-treated patients, polyuria increases the risk of dehydration and lithium toxicity. If detected early, it is reversible. Despite its prevalence and associated morbidity in clinical practice, it remains underrecognized and therefore undertre
Publikováno v:
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. 28:171-173
Neuropsychiatric sequelae in patients with epilepsy have been vastly studied and documented. These may be affective, cognitive or psychotic. Certain risk factors may predispose some epileptics more to these sequelae. In general, good epileptic contro
Autor:
Colm Cooney, Walid Abdul-Hamid
Publikováno v:
Medicine, Science and the Law. 37:341-344
One major difficulty that faces both researchers and practitioners who work with the homeless is the lack of definitions and frameworks that assist better understanding of such people's problems and society's response to them. This article reviews th