Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors for Aggressive Behavior in Patients with Dementia after Head Injury

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 ag...

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Published in:Pharmacotherapy 2001-04, Vol.21 (4), p.498-501
Main Authors: Kim, Kye Y., Moles, James Kelly, Hawley, Joanne M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggression
Behavior - drug effects
Biological and medical sciences
Craniocerebral Trauma - complications
Dementia - etiology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neuropharmacology
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Psycholeptics: tranquillizer, neuroleptic
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors - therapeutic use
Sertraline - therapeutic use
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0277-0008
1875-9114
DOI:10.1592/phco.21.5.498.34504