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Failure to recognise tardive dyskinesia in the long stay population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robertson Macpherson  and
Rachel Collis
Rachel Collis
Affiliation:
Northern General Hospital, Sheffield S5 7AU
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Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is an involuntary movement disorder associated with long term neuroleptic exposure. Gerlach & Casey (1988) reported a 15% prevalence rate of TD among patients on neuroleptics, the rate increasing to 54% in patients over 60 years old.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 12 , December 1991 , pp. 725 - 726
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

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