Dementia

Poor oral health is common among patients with psychiatric disorders, especially those with dementia. This is the second of a two-part series. Age-related conditions are increasingly of interest to psychiatrists and other health care professionals given demographic shifts in the population. Cognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, are progressive conditions that can influence activities of...

At its December 2015 meeting, The APA Board of Trustees approved the APA Practice Guideline Writing Group’s “Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia.” [The full guideline is available at http://psychiatryonline.org/doi/book/10.1176/appi.books.9780890426807] Introduction The goal of this guideline is to improve the care of patients with dementia who...