Psychosis is a condition in which a person loses touch with reality. And dementia is one of the behavioral symptoms that we see. It manifests through paranoia, delusions, agitation, hallucinations.

All psychotic symptoms should be viewed as a risk factor for subsequent development of dementia. Management of individuals with dementia requires identification of target behaviours (those most ...

First of all, try to stay calm, and tell yourself this is not this is not personal. This is the dementia talking. It may happen that the person with dementia starts bringing up an argument they ...

(For instance, a severe urinary tract infection in an adult with dementia can trigger episodes of psychosis. Diagnosing this can direct the appropriate treatment.) Sometimes, a person only has one ...

The rate of antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes has remained stubbornly high. Experts are concerned about misuse.

King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK ...

Rejecting the concept of inevitable dementia, Eugene Bleuler is perhaps ... However, these descriptions apply to all disorders with psychotic features. A patient with psychotic depression may ...

Data from the federal government shows that Mississippi consistently ranks in the top five in the nation for its rates of ...

Several antipsychotic treatments given to patients with dementia have been linked to ... psychiatric medication primarily used to manage psychosis (including delusions or hallucinations, as ...

People diagnosed with Covid-19 in the previous six months were more likely to develop depression, dementia, psychosis and stroke, researchers have found. A third of those with a previous Covid ...

Acadia Pharmaceuticals is butting heads with US regulators again, this time over the FDA’s decision to reject its Nuplazid (pimavanserin) for use in dementia-related psychosis (DRP ...

Atypical neuroleptics are appropriate first-line agents for most patients with dementia and psychotic symptoms. Response to medications is modest and a second agent (including acetylcholinesterase ...