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Combined Therapy: A Research Overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Linda Teri
Affiliation:
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, de Tornyay Center on Healthy Aging, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Extract

Appropriate treatment of patients with dementia must incorporate pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies. This is especially true in the treatment of behavioral disturbances in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, few studies have either compared or combined pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic methods to evaluate treatments that are often used and thought to be clinically effective.

Type
Nonpharmacologic Management and Treatment
Copyright
© 2000 International Psychogeriatric Association

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