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Depression, Anxiety, and Sleep Disturbances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Burton V. Reifler
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Bowman Gray School of Medicine and North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A.
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Extract

Of the numerous behavioral disturbances identified in patients with dementia, depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances can have a considerable impact on the quality of life of both the patient and the caregiver, particularly if the caregiver is a family member. Our task as clinicians is to identify the most appropriate treatment based on current knowledge of these behavioral problems.

Type
Clinical Perspectives: What Should We Be Studying?
Copyright
© 1996 International Psychogeriatric Association

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