Neuroleptic-induced Movement Disorders
Subtitle: A Comprehensive Survey
Contributors: Ramzy Yassa (Editor); N. P. V. Nair (Editor); Dilip V. Jeste (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 28, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780521433648
Subjects: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Psychiatry; Psychiatry - General; Medical; Diseases Of Central Nervous System; Pharmacodynamics; Tardive diskynesia; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Neurology - General; Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology; Medical / Psychiatry; Tardive diskynesia--Etiology; Antipsychotic drugs; Side effects; Etiology; Movement disorders
First sentence: In February 1952, Laborit, Huguenard, and Alluaume published an article concerning the anesthetic properties of a new medication, chlorpromazine, mentioning therein the induction of a "psychic disinterest."