Subtype	Treatment
Delirium (other than medication toxicity)	Treat underlying medical condition.
	If medication is needed, consider typical antipsychotic.
Depression	Without psychosis: antidepressant
	With psychosis: antidepressant plus antipsychotic, or electroconvulsive therapy
Psychosis	Acute: atypical antipsychotic
	Long-term: atypical antipsychotic
Anxiety	Acute: benzodiazepine such as lorazepam (Ativan) or oxazepam (Serax)
	Long-term: buspirone (BuSpar)
Insomnia	Acute: trazodone (Desyrel); consider benzodiazepine such as temazepam (Restoril) or zolpidem (Ambien).
	Long-term: trazodone
“Sundowning”	Acute: trazodone
	Long-term: trazodone; consider typical or atypical antipsychotic.
Aggression or anger	Severe
		Acute: typical or atypical antipsychotic
		Long-term: divalproex sodium (Depakote) or atypical antipsychotic
	Mild
		Acute: trazodone
		Long-term: divalproex sodium, SSRI, trazodone, or buspirone
Osteoarthritic pain	Long-term: tricyclic antidepressant, SSRI, or trazodone