PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Wihiam Schwab AU - Barbara Messinger-Rapport AU - Kathy Franco TI - Psychiatric symptoms of dementia: Treatable, but no silver bullet AID - 10.3949/ccjm.76a.07270 DP - 2009 Mar 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 167--174 VI - 76 IP - 3 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/3/167.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/3/167.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2009 Mar 01; 76 AB - Behavioral problems are common in dementia and may reduce the quality of life of the patient and disrupt the home life of family members. Families want a pill that can cure the myriad phenotypes of a decaying brain; unfortunately, there is no pharmaceutical silver bullet. This paper reviews the evidence for using different classes of drugs for the behavior symptoms commonly encountered in dementia, focusing on concerns that the primary care physician would have about using these drugs.