Tardive dystonia in a psychiatric hospital.
Tardive dystonia is a relatively uncommon long term complication of neuroleptic therapy. The prevalence of this syndrome is unknown. This study, of chronic hospitalised psychiatric patients, revealed a tardive dystonia prevalence of 1.5%. Risk factors in this small population appeared to be mental retardation and convulsive therapy.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk; D012737:Sex Factors