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	DOI:10.1136/eb-2014-101931

Corpus ID: 10934318Management of dementia-related agitation: between the devil and the deep blue sea
@article{Passmore2014ManagementOD,
  title={Management of dementia-related agitation: between the devil and the deep blue sea},
  author={Michael J. Passmore},
  journal={Evidence-Based Mental Health},
  year={2014},
  volume={18},
  pages={29 - 29}
}
	Michael J. Passmore
	Published 2014
	Medicine
	Evidence-Based Mental Health

Dementia-related agitation is a common and costly condition that is distressing, debilitating, often dangerous and usually difficult to treat in a safe and reliable manner.1 Clinicians are caught between the ‘devil’ of medications with unfavourable risk–benefit profiles2 and the ‘deep blue sea’ of non-pharmacological interventions perceived as impractical and lacking in evidence for benefit.3 Before opting for any intervention, it is essential to rule out underlying causes of agitation and then… Expand

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