Primary Care

Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry

Questions discussed in this category

What approaches have you found most helpful for concurrent severe major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder?

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What is your approach to addressing dementia-related agitation for patients living at home with family?

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When do you select cholinesterase inhibitors vs NMDA-antagonist medications in patients with moderate Alzheimer’s dementia?

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How do you counsel elderly patients who demonstrate mild cognitive impairment but do not meet the criteria for a neurocognitive disorder?

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How do you implement antipsychotics in the management of agitation in Alzheimer’s patients?

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How do you counsel patients who develop DVT or atrial fibrillation requiring anticoagulation when being treated with lecanemab or donanemab?

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How do you manage antipsychotic-induced prolactinemia?

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What is the best treatment for treatment resistant restless leg syndrome?

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What are preferred sleep aids in elderly patients with dementia?

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Is a history of coronary artery disease and afib a contraindication to using donepezil?

How do you counsel patients about any potential risk?

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How will your approach to screening and diagnosis of early dementia change given newly available therapies for early Alzheimer's disease?

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What lifestyle choices are helpful in reducing the risk of or slowing cognitive decline?

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In what clinical situation would you consider using benzodiazepines in patients with dementia?

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Do you use acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in patients with cognitive changes in the setting of cerebral amyloid angiopathy?

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When do you consider prescribing medications such as Aricept in patients with Down Syndrome who start having memory issues?

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When do you recommend driving tests in patients who have memory loss?

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How do you manage the developmental and behavioral regression seen in Down Syndrome Disintegrative Disorder (DSDD)?

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How do you treat behavioral disturbances in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies?

How do you treat dangerous behavioral disturbances (aggression, nighttime wandering) in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)?

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For patients with significant side effects to a cholinesterase inhibitor, do you try another medication in the class or avoid it altogether?

If you have significant side effects, GI and/or cardiac with one of the cholinesterase inhibitors, would you try using another medication or would you...

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Papers discussed in this category

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2022 Aug 15

The AHEAD 3-45 Study: Design of a prevention trial for Alzheimer's disease.

The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease, 2022

Blood Biomarkers from Research Use to Clinical Practice: What Must Be Done? A Report from the EU/US CTAD Task Force.

The American journal of psychiatry, 2022 Aug

Dementia Is More Than Memory Loss: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia and Their Nonpharmacological and Pharmacological Management.

Psychiatry research, 2020 Dec 13

The Psychopharmacology Algorithm Project at the Harvard South Shore Program: An update on management of behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia.

Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2018 Jan 17

Sequential drug treatment algorithm for agitation and aggression in Alzheimer's and mixed dementia.

JAMA neurology, 2023 Dec 01

Brexpiprazole for the Treatment of Agitation in Alzheimer Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease, 2023

Lecanemab: Appropriate Use Recommendations.

Stroke, 2024 Dec 11

Vascular Neurology Considerations for Antiamyloid Immunotherapy: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association.

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