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DSM-IV: Neuroleptic Induced Acute Dystonia

A medication-induced movement disorder, this symptom associated with neuroleptic drugs used in the treatment of mental disorders is characterized by acute muscle hypertonicity or spasm. The syndrome may also occur when anti-Parkinsonian drugs are reducedor discontinued.

Also: dystonic, EPS, extrapyramidal syndrome

Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition. Washington, DC, APA, 1994

The online Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders lists most of the major psychological disorders and illnesses and lists the criteria that must be fulfilled in order for a diagnosis to be made. This resource is not a substitute for proper professional psychiatric diagnosis.