SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF COEXISTING DEPRESSION AND PSYCHOSIS IN DEMENTIA OF THE ALZHEIMER-TYPE

Authors
BURKE WJ FOLKS DG ROCCAFORTE WH WENGEL SP
Citation
Wj. Burke et al., SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF COEXISTING DEPRESSION AND PSYCHOSIS IN DEMENTIA OF THE ALZHEIMER-TYPE, The American journal of geriatric psychiatry, 2(4), 1994, pp. 352-354
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology",Psychiatry
Journal title
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
10647481
Volume
2
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
352 - 354
Database
ISI
SICI code
1064-7481(1994)2:4<352:SRIFTT>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Four patients, ages 75 to 92 years, with a dementia of the Alzheimer t ype, presented with accompanying depression and psychosis. In these pa tients, treatment with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor result ed in a dramatic clearing of not only the depressive symptoms but the psychosis as well Treatment was well tolerated in all cases.