Treatment Notes from the Field

Porsteinsson 1999 23% (126/540) LTC residents on an anticonvulsant

10.2% for behavioral indication

McFarland 1999 1% Oregon LTC residents on valproate

50% of these had behavior problems on MDS

Holm 1999 250 acute psych inpatients w/ dementia

41% on anticonvulsants at discharge

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