What is the therapeutic value of antidepressants in dementia? A narrative review

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• 作者：Nicolas Farina ; Lucy Morrell and Sube Banerjee
• 刊名：International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：32
• 期：1
• 页码：32-49
• 全文大小：202K
• ISSN：1099-1166

文摘

Antidepressants are commonly used in dementia. Depression is a frequent and important co-morbidity in dementia, and antidepressants are often used to treat depression and more widely. However, there are questions about their utility in depression in dementia and other behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. The aim of this narrative review is to summarize the evidence on whether there is therapeutic value in prescribing antidepressants to people with dementia.