Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 70-72, January 2000

Pseudoakathisia: A review and two case reports

  • Jean H. Stubbs

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jean H. Stubbs, M.Sc., B. Pharm., Pharmacy Department, St. Andrew's Hospital, Billing Road, Northampton NN1 5DG UK.
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  • Simon M. Halstead

Pharmacy Department and the Academic Unit Developmental Disabilities Division, St. Andrew's Hospital, Northampton, UK

Abstract 

Pseudoakathisia is a movement disorder associated with the use of neuroleptic medication. There has been disagreement on the precise nature of the condition and its relation to akathisia. The available literature on pseudoakathisia is reviewed. Two cases of pseudoakathisia are reported that demonstrate the reversibility of the diagnosis of pseudoakathisia.

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PII: S0010-440X(00)90134-2

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 70-72, January 2000

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