Later life Blog Posts

• New CQUIN guidance focuses on identifying and referring people with dementia

  08 May 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Assessing the risk of suicide and self-harm in older people: results from new prospective cohort study

  02 May 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Cholinesterase inhibitors are an effective treatment for patients with Parkinson’s disease with dementia

  11 Apr 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Comparative risks of antipsychotics amongst nursing home residents with dementia

  09 Mar 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Functional analysis may be a promising alternative treatment for challenging behaviour in dementia

  27 Feb 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• When is it appropriate to prescribe antipsychotics to treat the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia?

  21 Feb 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• No evidence for the use of aspirin, steroids or NSAIDs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

  20 Feb 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• No good quality research to guide the treatment of late-onset schizophrenia

  16 Feb 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• New guides to help GPs commission mental health services

  08 Feb 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Antidepressants may be less effective in older patients with depression, according to new meta-analysis

  20 Jan 2012

  • Andre Tomlin