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Pharmacologic management of aggression in the elderly
S C Yudofsky1, J M Silver, R E Hales
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Ill.
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
Issues related to the epidemiology, nosology, and differential diagnosis of organic aggressive disorders in the elderly are discussed. Rating and monitoring of aggressive events using the Overt Aggression Scale are reviewed. The management of acute aggression with antipsychotic agents and benzodiazepines is presented, as well as an approach for using beta-blockers, anticonvulsant agents, and serotonin-specific antidepressants and an antianxiety agent for the treatment of chronic aggression.