Description
Book SynopsisThe guideline offers clear, concise, and actionable recommendation statements to help clinicians to incorporate recommendations into clinical practice, with the goal of improving quality of care. Each recommendation is given a rating that reflects the level of confidence that potential benefits of an intervention outweigh potential harms.
Trade Review The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia is a welcome addition to the library of any health care provider who treats older adults with dementia. It contains a rigorous review of the evidence-based literature on pharmacologic management specific to agitation and psychosis as behavioral symptoms in individuals with dementia.
-- Shilpa Srinivasan, M.D., DFAPA, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program, Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC * Journal of Psychiatric Practice Vol. 23, No. 2 *
Table of ContentsAcronyms/Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Guidelines and Implementation
Chapter 2. Rationale
Chapter 3. Potential Benefits and Harms
Chapter 4. Implementation
Chapter 5. Quality Measurement Considerations
Chapter 6. Guideline Development Process
Glossary of Terms
References
Disclosures
Individuals and Organizations That Submitted Comments
Appendix A: Review of Available Evidence
Appendix B: Expert Opinion Survey Data: Results
