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The Course of Tardive Dyskinesia in Patients on Long-Term Neuroleptics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. A. Bergen*
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
E. A. Eyland
Affiliation:
School of Economic and Financial Studies, Maquarie University
J. A. Campbell
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
P. Jenkings
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
K. Kellehear
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Sydney
A. Richards
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Sydney
P. J. V. Beumont
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Sydney
*
Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia

Abstract

Results are presented of five consecutive annual examinations using the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale for 101 community-based chronic psychiatric patients. These 101 patients had a history of longer and more consistent neuroleptic treatment than the 231 patients who initially entered the study, so no conclusions about prevalence of TD can be drawn. At each examination two-thirds of this group showed signs of TD; however, only 45% were TD positive at most examinations and 24% were best described as having fluctuating TD status. Of those patients who were consistently TD positive, 82% showed no overall significant change in summed AIMS scores, 11% improved and 7% became worse.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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