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Tardive Dyskinesia: A Key Issue Facing the Psychiatric I Mental Health Nurse
Author(s) -
Grove Karen
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1990.tb00314.x
Subject(s) - tardive dyskinesia , psychiatry , dyskinesia , medicine , mental health , informed consent , psychology , nursing , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , alternative medicine , disease , pathology , parkinson's disease
The use of psychotropic drugs over the past four decades has helped calm violent behavior in psychiatric patients. However, a significant number of patients using these drugs have developed tardive dyskinesia, a potentially irreversible neurological syndrome that causes a variety of involuntary movements of the head, face, and body. The nurse can play a large role in structuring a written informed consent document and a well‐coordinated TD monitoring system to protect patients and prevent lawsuits.