Open AccessAre extrapyramidal symptoms less recognized? Case report of modern practitioners' unfamiliarity with first generation antipsychotics
Author(s) -
Tara Purvis
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
mental health clinician
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2168-9709
DOI - 10.9740/mhc.n91689
Subject(s) - extrapyramidal symptoms , medicine , psychiatry , extrapyramidal disorder , pediatrics , psychology , antipsychotic , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , disease
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