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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease reports2018

Aripiprazole for the Treatment of Inappropriate Sexual Behavior: Case Report of an Alzheimer's Disease Patient Known as Heterosexual with Recently Shifted Sexual Orientation to Same Gender.

Sevda Sarikaya, Basar Sarikaya

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pharmacologic management of inappropriate sexual behaviour in long-term care residents.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sevda SarikayaPrivate neurologist (dementia clinic), Istanbul, Turkey.
Basar SarikayaDepartment of Radiology, Neuroradiology, Yeditepe University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
Yeditepe University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although inappropriate sexual behavior in dementia is not common, it can be extremely troublesome for healthcare professionals and caregivers as well as patients themselves. There is paucity of data in the literature for the management of these behaviors, but the limited available data suggest efficiency of some commonly used treatment modalities. Herein, we present a 74-year old Alzheimer's disease (AD) patient, known to be heterosexual throughout her past life, presenting with a recent display of same-sex inappropriate sexual behavior six years after the initial diagnosis of her disease. This new clinical picture of hypersexuality responded well to aripiprazole and her symptoms gradually diminished and eventually disappeared after onset of medication. This report also constitutes the first reported case of an AD patient in the published literature presenting with hypersexuality of shifted sexual orientation during the course of the disease.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseantipsychotic agentsaripiprazoledementiafrontotemporal dementiasexuality

Identifiers

PMID30480254
PMCPMC6159613
OpenAlexW2789722114

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