behavioural disturbance

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The asylum admitted patients with behavioural disturbances consequent on imbecility, dementia and organic disorders in addition to what would now be considered functional mental illnesses.
The second group of agents which have been evaluated for behavioural disturbances of patients with dementia, are benzodiazepines.
It was usually associated with fever, featuring cognitive and behavioural disturbances as well as disruption of sleep.
Behavioural disturbances are at times provoked by the care providers themselves.
This will necessarily include management of behavioural disturbances and prevention of complications as above.
Since most behavioural disturbances in patients with dementia remit,7 continued treatment in the absence of symptomatology is not necessary.
Any new situation is associated with increased confusion and behavioural disturbances, which usually remit as patients become familiar with the new setting.
Since many behavioural disturbances are related to an underlying physical illness of the patient, family members must be vigilant and assess the patient for pain, dehydration, and delirium.
This treatment should be reconsidered on a regular basis and trials should be made to take patients off neuroleptics as the behavioural disturbances frequently will not relapse.
As examples of behavioural disturbances of these systems the authors discuss minor anatomical localizations within these systems leading to such diverse behaviours as apathy and disinhibition.
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