A Guide to the Extrapyramidal Side-Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs

by D.G. Cunningham Owens

Book Overview

It is often implied that antipsychotic-induced extrapyramidal side-effects are irrelevant to modern psychiatric therapeutics, rendered historic by newer, better treatments. This myth arises from limited awareness of the depth and breadth of neurological disruption antipsychotics can mediate. This volume discusses the extensive clinical boundaries of acute dystonias, drug-induced parkinsonism, akathisia and tardive dyskinesia, providing demographic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110702286X
• ISBN13: 9781107022867
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.7"