One-in-six elderly dementia patients receiving anti-psychotic drugs

Friday, July 23, 2010 - 12:07 in Health & Medicine

More than one in six elderly patients across Scotland with dementia are being prescribed anti-psychotic drugs known to be of limited benefit and causing significant harm, a major study carried out at the University of Dundee has confirmed.

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