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Autore |
Owens D. G. Cunningham (David Griffith Cunningham), <1949-> |
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A guide to the extrapyramidal side-effects of antipsychotic drugs / / D.G. Cunningham Owens [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999 |
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1-107-11115-3 |
1-280-15888-3 |
9786610158881 |
0-511-11716-7 |
0-511-00597-0 |
0-511-14908-5 |
0-511-30292-4 |
0-511-54416-2 |
0-511-05128-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 351 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Extrapyramidal disorders |
Antipsychotic drugs - Side effects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-345) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 The background; 2 Some preliminaries; 3 Acute dystonias; 4 Parkinsonism; 5 Akathisia; 6 Tardive dyskinesia; 7 Tardive and chronic dystonia; 8 Involuntary movements and schizophrenia: a limitation to the concept of tardive dyskinesia?; 9 Special populations; 10 The clinical examination; 11 An overview of some standardised recording instruments; 12 Some medicolegal and quality-of-care issues; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Antipsychotic drugs have revolutionised the management of major psychiatric disorders and the outcomes of those who suffer from them. They are, however, possessed of a range of adverse effects, amongst the most frequent and distressing of which are those resulting in disturbance of voluntary motor function. Extrapyramidal side effects - or E.P.S. - are still poorly recognised and not infrequently |
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