title: Tardive dyskinesia.
abstract: Tardive dyskinesia is a motor disorder, persistent, at times irreversible, a side effect of the antipsychotic medications which have been so helpful for schizophrenia; no adequate therapy for it has been developed. Research on this troublesome disorder was reviewed under the following headings: description, etiology, treatment, and prevention.
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D004298:Dopamine