Frontotemporal dementia patients with extrapyramidal symptoms have brainstem atrophy and reduced metabolism in certain areas of the brain significantly more often than patients without extrapyramidal ...

This study investigated the 1-year incidence of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS), as well as the incremental economic burden, in patients with schizophrenia initiating atypical antipsychotics. Objectives ...

Credit: Getty Images. Extrapyramidal symptoms that developed in patients with schizophrenia after initiation of treatment with atypical antipsychotic agents were associated with increased healthcare ...

EPSs are serious, debilitating and stigmatizing adverse effects that frequently require additional pharmacotherapy. 3 The two types of EPSs are as follows: early acute EPS, which most often develops ...

Introduction: The diagnosis of Parkinson's disease is mainly clinical. DaT SCAN may help in difficult cases. Depression is also a clinical diagnosis and is common and persistent symptom in Parkinson's ...

To the Editor: In the Current Concepts in Therapy, "Complications from Psychotherapeutic Drugs. I.," which appeared in the February 9 issue of the Journal, reference was made to the treatment tretment ...

Pharmacogenetics has been driven by a candidate gene approach. 4 The disadvantage of this approach is that the objects of study are circumscribed by our current understanding of the mechanisms by ...

Chronic cocaine use can induce cocaine-related cerebropathy, particularly in patients with increased risk for neurodegenerative processes. Chronic cocaine use is associated with an increased risk for ...

The approval of medicines called second-generation antipsychotics has allowed bipolar I and other associated conditions to be treated. A person with bipolar I disorder can go through various mood ...

Depression with anxiety disorder started in summer of 2004. From 28/7/2004 to 22/11/2004 (4 months) the patient was taking Citalopram 20 mg per day and Alprazolam 0.5 mg three times per day. On ...