Chris Stinton, Ian McKeith, John-Paul Taylor, Louise Lafortune, Eneida Mioshi, Elijah Mak, Victoria Cambridge, James Mason, Alan Thomas, John T O'Brien
OBJECTIVE: The authors examined research on effects, costs, and patient and caregiver views of pharmacological management strategies for Lewy body dementia. METHOD: Studies were identified through bibliographic databases, trials registers, gray literature, reference lists, and experts. The authors used the search terms "Lewy or parkinson" and "dementia" through March 2015 and used the following inclusion criteria: participants with diagnoses of Lewy body dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, or Parkinson's disease dementia (or participants' caregivers); investigation of pharmacological management strategies; outcome measures and test scores reported...
August 1, 2015: American Journal of Psychiatry