Antipsychotic medications | Alzheimer's Society

Going into hospital

Hospitals can be disorientating and frightening for someone with dementia, but there is a lot that can be done to make their stay easier to manage.

Treatment for people with young-onset dementia

Dementia cannot be cured but there are treatments and support that can help someone live well with the condition. This page looks at the different types of treatments that can help someone with their symptoms.

Treatment and support of frontotemporal dementia

Researchers are working to find effective new treatments for FTD, but there is currently no cure and the progression of the disease cannot be slowed.

Treatment for hallucinations

Certain medications may cause side-effects for a person with dementia, including hallucinations. It's important to seek medical help when hallucinations occur.

Refusing to take medication

Sometimes, people with dementia refuse to take their prescribed medication. It is important not to assume that the person is just being ‘difficult’.

Antipsychotic medication

From our winter 2016 issue of Care and Cure magazine, find out more about new information that is shedding light on how antipsychotics prescribing needs to change.

Investigating the links between anticholinergic drugs and benzodiazepines and risk of dementia

Research project: ABCD study: Anticholinergics, Benzodiazepines, Cognition and Dementia

Anti-psychotic drugs

It is very common for people with dementia to experience behavioural and psychological symptoms such as aggression and agitation. Find out how anti-psychotic drugs can treat these symptoms.

Alzheimer's Society's view on antipsychotic drugs

Find out what we think about antipsychotic drugs and how they relate to the needs of people affected by dementia.

Alternative drugs to antipsychotics

Antipsychotics are the drugs most often prescribed for people with dementia who have symptoms such as aggression and psychosis, but other drugs are available.

Antipsychotic drugs

Antipsychotic drugs are most commonly prescribed for behavioural and psychological symptoms, such as aggression or hallucinations, in people with dementia.

Drugs

There is currently no cure for dementia, but there is dementia medication that can help with some of the symptoms. Here we explain what is available.

Treatments for dementia

The vast majority of causes of dementia cannot be cured, although research is continuing into developing drugs, vaccines and other medical treatments. Here we outline the many things that can be done to enable someone with dementia to live well with the condition.