Does akathisia influence psychopathology in psychotic patients treated with clozapine?

Background: Akathisia has been reported to predict more severe symptoms and poorer treatment response to typical neuroleptics among patients with schizophrenia. Akathisia has also been associated with symptom exacerbation. This study addressed four questions: 1) Does akathisia predict greater severi...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Biological psychiatry (1969) Vol. 45; no. 10; pp. 1376 - 1383
Main Authors:	Nair, Chand J, Josiassen, Richard C, Abraham, George, Stanilla, Joseph K, Tracy, Joseph I, Simpson, George M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 15-05-1999 Elsevier Science
Subjects:	Adult Akathisia Akathisia, Drug-Induced - diagnosis Akathisia, Drug-Induced - etiology Akathisia, Drug-Induced - psychology Barnes scale Biological and medical sciences Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale clozapine Clozapine - adverse effects Clozapine - therapeutic use Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment Female Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Pharmacology. Drug treatments Schizophrenia - diagnosis Schizophrenia - drug therapy Schizophrenic Psychology Severity of Illness Index Toxicity: nervous system and muscle clozapine Barnes scale Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale Akathisia Human Nervous system diseases Neuroleptic Psychotropic Toxicity Treatment efficiency Schizophrenia Clozapine Involuntary movement Psychosis Symptomatology Chemotherapy Evolution Neurological disorder
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!