Background: Akathisia continues to be a significant challenge in current neurological and
psychiatric practice. Prompt and accurate detection is often difficult and there is a lack of …

Background: Akathisia is a common and distressing neuropsychiatric syndrome associated
with antipsychotic medication, characterised by subjective and objective psychomotor …

Importance Antipsychotic-induced akathisia (AIA) occurs in 14% to 35% of patients treated
with antipsychotics and is associated with increased suicide and decreased adherence in …

Objectives Depression and negative symptoms have been associated with impaired Quality
of life (QoL) in schizophrenia (SZ). However, childhood trauma may influence both QoL and …

Akathisia is one of the most prevalent and distressing adverse effects associated with
antipsychotic drug treatment. Propranolol, a non-selective beta-adrenergic receptor …

Background Akathisia is a common and distressing movement disorder that can be
associated with the use of antipsychotics. It is characterized by a subjective (inner …

Although highly prevalent, motor syndromes in psychiatry and motor side effects of
psychopharmacologic agents remain understudied. Catatonia is a syndrome with specific …

Dopamine receptor blocking agents (DRBAs), also known as antipsychotics, are
medications widely used to treat a growing number of mental health diagnoses. However …

And that is the problem. There is a huge divide between the official psychiatric narrative and
what the science shows. Much of what leading psychiatrists say and write about the …

Introduction Acute akathisia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome with a negative effect on illness
outcome. Its incidence in patients treated with antipsychotics has shown to be highly …