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Depression-Dependent Exacerbation of Tardive Dyskinesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Perminder S. Sachdev*
Affiliation:
Neuropsychiatric Institute, The Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, NSW 2036, Australia

Abstract

A middle-aged woman with a recurrent depressive illness showed worsening of her tardive dyskinesia during the depressive phases, with improvement on remission.

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Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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