Spector, Aimee, Orrell, Martin, Lattimer, Miles, Hoe, Juanita, King, Michael, Harwood, Kate, Qazi, Afifa, Charlesworth, Georgina

Background: Many people with dementia experience anxiety, which can lead to decreased independence, relationship difficulties and increased admittance to care homes. Anxiety is often treated with antipsychotic medication, which has limited efficacy and serious side effects. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is widely used to treat anxiety in a range of populations, yet no RCTs on […]

Devanand, D. P., Mintzer, Jacobo, Schultz, Susan K., Andrews, Howard F., Sultzer, David L., de la Pena, Danilo, Gupta, Sanjay, Colon, Sylvia, Schimming, Corbett, Pelton, Gregory H., Levin, Bruce

Background: Among patients with Alzheimer’s disease who have had a response to antipsychotic medication for psychosis or agitation-aggression, the risk of a recurrence of symptoms after discontinuation of the medication has not been established.; Methods: Patients with Alzheimer’s disease and psychosis or agitation-aggression received open-label treatment with risperidone for 16 weeks. Those who had a […]

Khan, Farooq, Curtice, Martin

This article describes a 6-month pilot project in which a community mental health team provided a dementia inreach service into 4 care homes in Birmingham, UK. The project included analysis of the impact of the service at the end of the project as well as a literature review of dementia care in care homes, and […]

Eggermont, Laura H.P., de Vries, Kerst, Scherder, Erik J.A.

Background: Most studies examining psychotropic medication use on cognition in older persons with dementia include measures of global cognitive function. The present study examined the relationship between different types of psychotropic medication and specific cognitive functions in older people with dementia.; Methods: Two hundred and six institutionalized older adults with dementia (180 women, mean age […]

Fu, Chieh-Yu, Moyle, Wendy, Cooke, Marie

Background: Aromatherapy and hand massage therapies have been reported to have some benefit for people with dementia who display behavioural symptoms; however there are a number of limitations of reported studies. The aim is to investigate the effect of aromatherapy (3% lavender oil spray) with and without hand massage on disruptive behaviour in people with […]

Ballard, Clive, Hanney, Maria Luisa, Theodoulou, Megan, Douglas, Simon, McShane, Rupert, Kossakowski, Katja, Gill, Randeep, Juszczak, Edmund, Yu, Ly-Mee, Jacoby, Robin

Background: Data from 12-week placebo-controlled trials have led to mounting concerns about increased mortality in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) who are prescribed antipsychotics; however, there are no mortality data from long-term placebo-controlled trials. We aimed to assess whether continued treatment with antipsychotics in people with AD is associated with an increased risk of mortality.; […]