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Prescribing psychotropic drugs for the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Alistair Burns  and
Robert Baldwin
Alistair Burns
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Withington Hospital, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
Robert Baldwin
Affiliation:
York House, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9BX
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The pharmacological treatment of the elderly differs from that of younger patients, mainly because of altered pharmacokinetics and the higher proportion of patients with organic disorders. We deal here with dementia, delirium, affective disorder, late-life schizophrenia, sleep disturbance, and rapid tranquillisation.

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Research Article
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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , September 1994 , pp. 23 - 31
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1994 

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