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The prevalence of presumed tardive dyskinesia in psychiatric inpatients and outpatients

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Randomly selected psychiatric patients (271 total) were examined by raters blind to diagnosis and treatment history for the presence of abnormal movements. The prevalence of presumed tardive dyskinesia among neuroleptic-exposed patients was 4.6%. If minimal rating scale criteria were applied, 9% of those patients with no history of neuroleptic exposure might have been given ‘presumptive’ diagnoses of dyskinesia. Problems in establishing diagnostic criteria are discussed and a longitudinal approach toward validating diagnoses is recommended.

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  1. Steven Stenzler

    Present address: Nassau County Medical Center, 11554, East Meadow, NY, USA

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  1. Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, 11004, Glen Oaks, NY, USA

    John Kane, James Wegner, Steven Stenzler & Patricia Ramsey

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Kane, J., Wegner, J., Stenzler, S. et al. The prevalence of presumed tardive dyskinesia in psychiatric inpatients and outpatients. Psychopharmacology 69, 247–251 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00433090

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