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Pain treatment improves mood in dementia patients
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30005
Subject(s) - medicine , dementia , mood , psychiatry , disease
A pain treatment protocol that offered a variety of medication options improved mood symptoms in a group of elderly nursing home patients with moderate to severe dementia, a new study conducted in Norway has found. The findings highlight the role of untreated pain in the presence of distressing mood symptoms in some patients with dementia.

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