DSM-IV: Medication-Induced Movement Disorders
This term, classified under "other conditions,"
refers to a group of neurological disorders involving dysfunction in movement or tone of
voluntary muscles. Many drugs used to treat mental disorders
can cause these conditions.
They include: Neuroleptic Induced Parkinsonism | Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome | Neuroleptic
Induced Acute Dystonia | Neuroleptic Induced Acute
Akathisia | Neuroleptic Induced Tardive Dyskinesia | Medication Induced Postural Tremor | NOS
Books and Other
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American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, Fourth Edition. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1994
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