ABSTRACT

1. MCQ – In an elderly patient with an acute behavioural disturbance in whom dementia with Lewy bodies is present or cannot be ruled out, if non-drug approaches are insufficient, which of the following is the first pharmacological treatment recommended by the Royal College of Psychiatrists? (a) Intramuscular haloperidol (b) Intramuscular lorazepam (c) Oral haloperidol (d) Oral lorazepam (e) Oral olanzapine.