Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may be an effective and safe treatment for improving the facial-oral motor symptoms of tardive dyskinesia (TD) in chronically hospitalized patients with ...

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 ...

Accurate and early diagnosis of tardive dyskinesia (TD), a serious movement disorder typically caused by exposure to antipsychotic medications, is imperative for long-term management. "Keeping an eye ...

The gold standard is the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale, or the AIMS, although generally we kind of want to avoid premature TD labels, and we want to ensure that there's a causal link, in this ...

Dr. Carrie Chui (Neurology): A 79-year-old man was admitted to this hospital because of involuntary movements on the left side and transient unresponsiveness. The patient had been in his usual state ...

Q: My cousin was diagnosed with dystonia, what is this? A: Dystonia is a disorder of involuntary muscle contractions that may cause repetitive and/or abnormal movement or postures, for example ...

Tardive dyskinesia causes involuntary movements in some people taking antipsychotic medications. Here’s what you need to know about this movement disorder. Antipsychotic medications are a mainstay of ...

First-generation antipsychotics, including haloperidol and chlorpromazine, raise the risk of tardive dyskinesia. Second-generation options like risperidone and quetiapine also carry a risk. Tardive ...

When you’re on certain mental health medications, you have a chance of developing this disorder. Find out which symptoms to watch for and what else can increase your risk. If you take a neuroleptic ...

Using a common attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication appears to help manage the symptoms of a rare and currently difficult to treat genetic movement disorder primarily found in ...