Psychopathological and cognitive correlates of tardive dyskinesia in patients treated with neuroleptics.
Even though new cases of TD are on the decline in North America and other western countries, TD remains a public health concern for patients with chronic schizophrenia, PAD, and for nonpsychiatric patients treated with dopamine receptor antagonists. The new generation of atypical antipsychotic medications is believed to pose less risk for TD. However, identifying the cognitive and disease-related correlates of TD should equip clinicians with the necessary tools to reduce the prevalence of this iatrogenic movement disorder. No effective treatments for TD are available. This lack of effective therapy is problematic, especially in the few patients in whom the disorder causes functional impairment and other complications, and in whom it may be irreversible.
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Ikwunga
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Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Motor Disorders Clinic, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Thaker
Gunvant K
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D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D017109:Akathisia, Drug-Induced / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003071:Cognition / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D011599:Psychopathology
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents