title: [Treatment of behavioral abnormalities in patients with dementia].
abstract: Non-cognitive disorders and behavioral disturbances in dementia syndromes are the domain of antidepressants and neuroleptic agents. At the present time, neuroleptics are being prescribed too often and antidepressants too rarely. The choice of antidepressant depends upon whether a sedative effect is desired. Although caution is advised when increasing the dose, the target dose does not differ from that for young adults. Neuroleptics should always be administered in the lowest effective dose. In principle, the modern atypical substances should be preferred to the classical neuroleptics. Restraint should be exercised with the prescription of benzodiazepines in patients with dementia.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie der Universität Leipzig.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Gertz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents
vernacular_title: Behandlung von Verhaltensauffälligkeiten bei Demenzkranken. Wann Neuroleptika, wann Antidepressiva?