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Biological Perspectives
Author(s) -
Visser Hannah K.,
Wigington Jennifer L.,
Keltner Norman L.,
Kowalski Peter C.
Publication year - 2014
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/ppc.12062
Subject(s) - medicine , library science , computer science
When flipping past the numerous antipsychotic drug ads in psychiatric journals, it is easy to miss the Food and Drug Administration required warnings of drug-induced dysphagia. These cautions typically begin as follows: “Esophageal dysmotility and aspiration have been associated with antipsychotic drug use. . . .” This article provides an overview of the physiological process of swallowing, dysphagia as a general concept, then narrows its focus to antipsychotic-related dysphagia.