Geriatrics

The Chemopsychotherapeutics of Geriatric Sedation

“…The existence of concomitant psychosis or senile degenerative changes in the intracranial structures may complicate the usual psychiatric picture (7). Should imbalance of the psychological state arise, the management will depend upon the degree of supportive assistance from family or friends (8), and upon the response to chemotherapeutic agents employed to alleviate anxiety provoked by certain environmental stresses (9–11).…”

“…This protects the ego from the impact of realising that the person can no longer exist without extreme dependence on others, due to failing cerebration and progressive physical incapacity (24–28). Chemopsychotherapeutic tranquillisation enables the ego to accept this impact and softens the conflict between perceptions or cognitions and emotions which arise in the geriatric patient (1–3, 6, 8–11, 19, 20, 29).…”