Emergency Room Treatment of Psychosis
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1 OVERVIEW The term Lewy body dementias (LBD) represents two clinical entities – dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD). While the temporal sequence of symptoms is different in DLB and PDD, individuals with Lewy body dementias have a progressive dementia plus any combination of the following symptoms: hallucinations, Parkinsonism, fluctuating cognitive abilities, REM behavior disorder and severe sensitivity to neuroleptics. Because DLB and PDD have essentially the same symptoms and treatment issues, we will use LBD as an umbrella term representing both clinical entities.
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