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Agitation and Aggressive Behavior—General Articles
An overview of agitation and aggressiveness in mental health settings
Safety first! Preventing injury due to violence by patients
Advanced tips for verbal de-escalation of agitated/ aggressive patients
When calm needs to be injected: Intramuscular and intravenous injections for agitation or aggressiveness
Dexmedetomidine (Igalmi™): Basic information
Agitation and Aggressive Behavior—Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism spectrum disorder: Evaluation of irritability, agitation, and aggressive behavior
Autism spectrum disorder: Medications to treat irritability, agitation, or aggressive behavior
Agitation and Aggressive Behavior—Dementia
Why is agitation associated with dementia such an important clinical problem?
“Agitation associated with dementia” now has an operational definition
Key points from the APA Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients with Dementia
Brexpiprazole (Rexulti®) for “agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease”
Citalopram for agitation in Alzheimer’s disease
Case: Agitation in a patient with Alzheimer’s disease
Agitation and Aggressive Behavior—Pregnancy
How to manage agitation in a pregnant woman
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