CASE-STUDY - NEUROLEPTIC WITHDRAWAL DYSKINESIA EXACERBATED BY ONGOINGSTIMULANT TREATMENT

Authors
CONNOR DF BENJAMIN S OZBAYRAK KR
Citation
Df. Connor et al., CASE-STUDY - NEUROLEPTIC WITHDRAWAL DYSKINESIA EXACERBATED BY ONGOINGSTIMULANT TREATMENT, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34(11), 1995, pp. 1490-1494
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
08908567
Volume
34
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1490 - 1494
Database
ISI
SICI code
0890-8567(1995)34:11<1490:C-NWDE>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Risk factors for neuroleptic withdrawal dyskinesia in children have no t been well studied. The authors present a case of a child who had bee n treated with a combination of neuroleptics and stimulants for nonpsy chotic aggressive behavior. A severe withdrawal dyskinesia precipitate d by neuroleptic tapering was ameliorated by discontinuation of the ps ycho-stimulant. Although stimulants have been reported to increase cer tain involuntary movement disorders, this is the first known report of psychostimulant exacerbation of withdrawal dyskinesia.