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A 10‐year follow‐up study of tardive dyskinesia
Author(s) -
Yassa R.,
Nair N. P. V.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1992.tb03264.x
Subject(s) - tardive dyskinesia , dyskinesia , medicine , pediatrics , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , disease , parkinson's disease
In a 10‐year follow‐up study of 44 patients with tardive dyskinesia (TD), the majority (22 or 50%) had no change in their TD severity, 9 (20%) had an improvement and 13 (30%) had a worsening of their TD. Little difference was noted in those patients whose medication was decreased ( n = 12) and those whose medication remained unchanged ( n = 32). Of the women, 26% showed improvement as compared with 11% of the men. Also, patients whose TD improved had lower present neuroleptic dose than those whose TD worsened. These two factors should be studied in larger patient cohorts.