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Tardive Dyskinesia: Special Risk in the Elderly
Author(s) -
JENIKE MICHAEL A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1983.tb05417.x
Subject(s) - tardive dyskinesia , medicine , dyskinesia , complication , public health , psychiatry , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , surgery , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , nursing , disease , parkinson's disease
Tardive dyskinesia has emerged as a considerable public health hazard. In view of the overwhelming evidence that the elderly are particularly susceptible to this complication of neuroleptic use and the fact that there is no really effective treatment, neuroleptics should be avoided whenever possible in elderly patients.