Aust Prescr
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Aust Prescr
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Most patients with dementia have behavioural and psychological symptoms. The first-line treatments for these symptoms are not drugs, but behavioural and psychological interventions Antipsychotic drugs are widely prescribed for people living with dementia. ⋯ Trials of deprescribing are therefore recommended Behaviours should be seen as symptoms that have an underlying cause. Treatment should target these causes, rather than the resultant behaviours.