Mark Wilson Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Tardive dyskinesia; Movement disorder; Psychiatry; Schizophrenia; Antipsychotics
Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine-General Internal Medicine Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education, University of Iowa Health Care Associate Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program,MD, Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Lubbock, Texas MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene & Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland Resident, Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Fellow, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Fellow, Geriatrics, Bayview Key Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Author(s): Mark Wilson and Dae Kwon
Abstract :Historically, tardive dyskinesias (TDs) have been described as spontaneous, disordered movements of the tongue, lips, face, trunk, and extremities that occur in patients treated with specific neuroleptic drugs, including long-term dopaminergic antagonist medications, classically the typical antipsychotics. Patients with schizophrenia appear especially vulnerable to developing TDs after exposure to neuroleptics and various metabolic toxins. Tardive dyskinesias are most commonly seen in patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder who have been treated with antipsychotic medication for extended periods of time, but TDs are occasionally seen in other psychiatric patients. It was commonly thought that tardive symptoms arise when major... view moreĀ»