A medication-induced movement disorder, this symptom
associated with neuroleptic drugs used
in the treatment of mental disorders is characterized by motor
restlessness accompanied by increased nervous or restless movement. The syndrome may also
occur when anti-Parkinsonian drugs
are reduced or discontinued.
Also: EPS, extrapyramidal syndrome
American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, Fourth Edition. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1994
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