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Treating agitated demented patients is difficult and not cheap!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2022

Carl Salzman*
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess/Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA, USA
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Abstract

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Commentary
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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2022

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