Caregiver and Care Recipient Characteristics as Predictors of Psychotropic Medication Use in Community-Dwelling Dementia Patients

OBJECTIVES: The current practice of prescribing psychotropic medication for the management of dementia-related behavioral disturbances is under substantial debate. Using Pearlin’s stress process model as theoretical underpinning, the aim of this investigation is to identify caregiver and care recipi...

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Published in:Aging Ment Health
Main Authors: Grace, Elsie L., Burgio, Louis D., Allen, Rebecca S., DeCoster, Jamie, Aiello, Allison E., Algase, Donna L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6684031/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26304301
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2015.1075960
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