Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for aggressive behavior in patients with dementia after head injury.
Head injury of any severity can result in acute and chronic neuropsychiatric symptoms. After head injury, aggressive behaviors can be disabling to victims and stressful to their families. When aggression is compounded by dementia, treatment can be more difficult. Psychotropic agents can attenuate aggressive behaviors associated with mental disorders. Three patients with dementia and chronic aggression after head injury responded favorably to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
Kim
K Y
KY
Psychiatry Service, Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia 24153, USA. kye.kim@med.va.gov
Moles
J K
JK
Hawley
J M
JM
D000374:Aggression; D001519:Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020280:Sertraline / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; D020280:Sertraline