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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors for Aggressive Behavior in Patients with Dementia after Head Injury
Author(s) -
Kim Kye Y.,
Moles James Kelly,
Hawley Joanne M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pharmacotherapy: the journal of human pharmacology and drug therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.227
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1875-9114
pISSN - 0277-0008
DOI - 10.1592/phco.21.5.498.34504
Subject(s) - aggression , dementia , head injury , medicine , reuptake inhibitor , serotonin , psychiatry , head trauma , reuptake , psychology , antidepressant , anxiety , surgery , disease , receptor
Head injury of any severity can result in acute and chronic neuropsychiatric symptoms. After head injury, aggressive behaviors can be disabling to victims and stressful to their families. When aggression is compounded by dementia, treatment can be more difficult. Psychotropic agents can attenuate aggressive behaviors associated with mental disorders. Three patients with dementia and chronic aggression after head injury responded favorably to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.