By Danielle Chen

Involuntary movement that is mainly induced by the use of antipsychotic drugs which are a class of psychiatric medication taken to manage psychosis primarily in illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder / Claxton, KL, Chen, JJ, Swope, DM. Drug-Induced Movement Disorders. Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2007;20(6):415–429. Available at: html. Accessed February 29, 2016.

The main neurotransmitter that antipsychotics target is dopamine First generation = typical (introduced in 1950s) Second generation = atypical (introduced in 1970s) / nostro.html

“Greater overall severity of DIMD was correlated with increasing age, diagnosis of schizophrenia and higher Clinical Global Impression Scale for Severity of Suicidality (CGI-SS) score.” Depression among those with movement disorders is common with a prevalence of roughly 30%. GC. Interrelations between psychiatric symptoms and drug-induced movement disorder. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. 2006;31(3):177–177. Available at: state.edu/ps/retrieve.do?sort=relevance&doctype=article&tabid=t002&prodid=aone&searchid =r1&resultlisttype=result_list&searchtype=advancedsearchform&contentsegment=¤tposition= 1&searchresultstype=singletab&inps=true&usergroupname=colu44332&docid=gale|a &contentset=gale|a &authcount=1&u=colu Accessed February 29,

Often have to work closely with a group of specialists like movement disorder specialists, occupational therapists, etc 75% of people with movement disorders say that the disorder has affected their social life.

In 1993 there was “no consistently beneficial pharmaceutical therapy for DIMDs.” However there still isn’t an accepted drug that cures DIMDs Vitamin E has been proposed to prevent the deterioration of DIMDs but doesn’t help protect against it. Rich SS. Drug-Induced Movement Disorders Available at: Accessed March 2, 2016.