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Monitoring Antipsychotic Side Effects Infrequent Among Dementia Patients


 

FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

Such monitoring must be accomplished via collaboration between primary care/endocrinology and mental health, he advised.

The study was funded by a health services grant from the VA’s Health Services Research & Development Service. Dr. Mittal stated that he had no other disclosures.

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