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Hormone Treatments for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Gary W. Small
Gary W. Small
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Alzheimer's Disease Center, and Center on Aging, University of California at Los Angeles, West Los Angeles, California, USA Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Several hormones have the potential for influencing the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). Endocrine disorders stemming from the thyroid and parathyroid glands, for example, can be identified through screening laboratory tests, and if the underlying abnormalities are treated, symptoms may improve. The hormone that has received the greatest attention, however, regarding its potential for treating both cognitive and mood symptoms in older persons is estrogen. Recent data suggest that estrogen may facilitate treatment of depression in cognitively intact postmenopausal women and may decrease the risk of Alzheimer's disease in postmenopausal women. In part because testosterone is converted to estrogen in men, recent studies suggest that treating hypogonadal men with testosterone may improve their cognitive function.

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Pharmacologic Approaches
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 12 , Issue S1 , July 2000 , pp. 291 - 295
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© 2000 International Psychogeriatric Association

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