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Treatment Challenges in Atypical Parkinsonism

July 1, 2024

Alice Flaherty, MD, PhD.

Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital; associate professor of neurology and psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA.

Dr. Flaherty has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Patients with atypical parkinsonism are less responsive to levodopa, and psychiatric medications can exacerbate motor symptoms. Dr. Flaherty advises how to choose the right treatment in patients with parkinsonism accompanied by psychosis, apathy, anxiety, and depression.

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Managing Behavioral and Psychological Disturbances in the Nursing Home

April 1, 2024

Maureen C. Nash, MD

Maureen C. Nash, MD.

Medical Director, Providence ElderPlace PACE Oregon. Co-editor, Neurocognitive Behavioral Disorders: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Patient-Centered Care (Springer; 2019). All comments are Dr. Nash’s personal views and not those of any organization.

Dr. Nash has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Dr. Maureen Nash shares how CMS regulations for using antipsychotics in nursing homes affects quality of care.

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