The relationship between antipsychotic-induced akathisia and suicidal behaviour: a systematic review
INTRODUCTION: Akathisia (Greek “not to sit”) is a movement disorder characterized by a subjective, inner sense of restlessness and difficulty in staying still and is often related to the initiation of or rapid escalation of antipsychotic medication.1 Akathisia is commonly accompanied by escalated levels of anxiety, agitation and dysphoric affect. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study […]
Elucidating the Effect of Extreme Delta Brush Pattern in Anti-N-Methyl-D- Aspartate (NMDA) Receptor Encephalitis
Introduction Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate (Anti-NMDA) encephalitis (ANMDARE), an autoimmune initially manifests as viral prodrome progressing to psychiatric symptoms. These lead to movement disorders and/or seizures ultimately progressing to decreased level of consciousness. The extreme delta brush is a pattern usually observed in frontotemporal regions of premature infants. This pattern normally goes off upon anti-epileptic treatment, but it […]