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Free explainer2 min readNICE NG97 (2018)

Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia

Understand the model, recognise it in a stem, separate the look-alikes, then apply it.

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Watch it explainedA man with dementia starts hitting out every evening. What is the first thing you reach for?
Per NICE NG97, 2018
Symptoms of dementia behaviour = 'Trigger-hunt first, antipsychotic last'.
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Checked against NICE NG97, 2018

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