Dystonia can affect everyone, from small children to older adults. Childhood dystonia is usually generalized dystonia (affecting most body parts). It is usually caused by genetic factors, while ...

Amid increasing reports of safety issues regarding antipsychotic medications in adults (particularly in the elderly), are reports that children are receiving antipsychotic medications at alarming ...

Dystonia is a movement disorder that causes muscles to contract involuntarily, often leading to repetitive or twisting movements in different parts of the body. While the condition is not typically ...

A 27-year-old woman presents to an emergency department (ED) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, due to a choking sensation and extreme shortness of breath. She states that her symptoms have varied in intensity ...

Oct. 2, 2003 — Olanzapine was associated with the fewest patients with extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) at six months compared with baseline, according to the results of a large prospective trial ...

Taking an antipsychotic can be difficult due to the cultural stigma about serious mental illness, psychosis, and the actual drugs themselves. It was so complicated for me to accept using an ...

Dystonia is a condition that causes involuntary or unusual movements. There are several different types of dystonia. Focal dystonia affects a single body part, which is usually the fingers or hands.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have been awarded a $308,000 grant from the Department of Defense to study treatments for dystonia, the university ...

The findings of this study align with prior research that suggests lower effective doses of clozapine are required for patients of Indian descent compared to Western populations. Switching patients of ...