Medicines and mental illness in old age.
When treating an apparent psychiatric disturbance in an elderly patient it is wise to review all his medications carefully, and then to prescribe sparingly only those drugs with which one is completely familiar. Psychiatric side effects of drugs commonly used with elderly patients are reviewed.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders