RT Journal
A1 Kassabian S
T1 ANtipsychotic therapy for dementia in elderly patients
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2009
FD January 12
VO 169
IS 1
SP 87
OP 89
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.553
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2008.553
AB 
Their control group of adults with dementia may have had recent physician contact, but these patients may not have met the threshold of a clinician's judgment that behavioral agitation or psychotic findings warranted antipsychotic treatment. While patients with tics, parkinsonism, or brain tumor disorders were appropriately excluded in evaluating outcomes, those included likely still comprised a notable number of patients with agitated dementia, who may have been selectively biased into the treatment subgroups. A different control group focused on treatment indication, instead of comparing with other patients with dementia, might have proved more informative.