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Care of the elderly mind
Journal titleGeriatric Medicine, vol 35, no 10, supplement, October 2005
Pages52 pp (whole issue)
KeywordsNervous system diseases ; Dementia ; Drugs ; Parkinson's disease ; Schizophrenia ; Diseases of the blood ; Depression ; Epilepsy.
AnnotationThis supplement aimed at general practitioners (GPs) has been produced to update them on current and future developments of treatment for the following conditions: Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease, vascular dementia, depression and epilepsy. Professor Alistair Burns reviews the implications of NICE's preliminary recommendations that anti-dementia drugs should not be used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease because they were not cost-effective. Professors Stephen Curran and John Wattis discuss management of depression in the older adult as well as screening and continuation treatment. (KJ/RH).
Accession NumberCPA-061205202 B
ClassmarkCR: EA: LLD: CR6: ELK: CQT: ENR: E9

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