Iracema LeroiSummaryAffiliation: Christie Hospital Country: UK Publications
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Randomized placebo-controlled trial of donepezil in cognitive impairment in Parkinson's diseaseIracema Leroi
Department of Psychiatry, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:1-8. 2004..To evaluate the efficacy and safety of donepezil, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, as a treatment for cognitive impairment and dementia in patients with Parkinson' s disease (PD)...
A pilot randomized controlled trial of sleep therapy in Parkinson's disease: effect on patients and caregiversIracema Leroi
North Manchester General Hospital, Delaunays Rd, Manchester, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 25:1073-9. 2010..By means of a controlled trial, to investigate the efficacy, tolerability and feasibility of a multi-component sleep therapy intervention versus basic sleep hygiene education in PD patients with sleep disturbances and their live-in carers...- Non-dopaminergic treatment of cognitive impairment and dementia in Parkinson's disease: a reviewIracema Leroi
Division of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
J Neurol Sci 248:104-14. 2006..To review the clinical management of cognitive impairment and dementia related to Parkinson's disease (PD), with emphasis on pharmacologic intervention strategies such as cholinesterase inhibitors... - The epidemiology of psychosis in dementiaIracema Leroi
Neuropsychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 11:83-91. 2003..CONCLUSION: The profile of delusions and hallucinations seen is different from that seen in schizophrenia, further supporting the hypothesis that AD-associated psychosis is a distinct phenomenological syndrome... - Cognitive impairment and psychiatric symptoms in 133 patients with diseases associated with cerebellar degenerationChristine M Liszewski
Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 16:109-12. 2004..Psychopathology, including depression, personality change, cognitive impairment, anxiety, and psychosis was noted in 51% of 133 patients... - Amantadine for executive dysfunction syndrome in patients with dementiaShannon J Drayton
Department of Pharmacy, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Psychosomatics 45:205-9. 2004..Despite its limitations, this study offers preliminary data to support a controlled trial of amantadine in patients with executive dysfunction syndrome... - Cognitive impairments in cerebellar degeneration: a comparison with Huntington's diseaseJason Brandt
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287-7218, USA
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 16:176-84. 2004..These differences may reflect the involvement of the cerebellar dentate nucleus and the striatal nuclei in separate "loops" or closed circuits, linking them with specific areas of cerebral neocortex... - A comparison of small and large assisted living facilities for the diagnosis and care of dementia: the Maryland Assisted Living StudyIracema Leroi
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, University of Manchester, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Mancheter, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:224-32. 2007..To compare the demographic, clinical, and psychiatric characteristics of residents living in small (< or = 15 beds) and large assisted living (AL) facilities in the United States...