Investigators were requested to assess presence and severity of parkinsonism, akathisia, dystonia and TD that they judged to be associated with medications used to treat bipolar disorder. This ...

Akathisia is a side effect of certain drugs that causes an uncontrollable urge to move the legs. It often begins soon after a person starts on a new medication. It is crucial for people with akathisia ...

1) Tardive syndrome (TS) is an umbrella term that can include “the spectrum of all persistent hyperkinetic, hypokinetic and sensory phenomenologies resulting from chronic dopamine receptor blocking ...

Dystonia is a neurological disorder that causes painful muscle spasms. (Photo Credit: Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Dystonia is a movement disorder in which some of your body ...

A 15-year-old boy with a DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of MD reported feeling "uncomfortable, and miserable" and needing "to move" daily, after being on fluoxetine 20 mg/day for 3 weeks. He had no baseline ...

Dystonia is a condition that causes involuntary or unusual movements. There are several different types of dystonia. Focal dystonia affects a single body part, which is usually the fingers or hands.