Am J Psychiatry 1975; 132:560-562
Copyright © 1975 by American Psychiatric Association
Lithium carbonate in the treatment of tardive dyskinesia
FA Reda, JI Escobar and JM Scanlan
Six patients with tardive dyskinesia were treated with lithium carbonate in
an open clinical trial. Evaluations using a new tardive dyskinesia rating
scale showed statistically significant improvement in dyskinetic movements
while the patients received lithium. This improvement was consistently
observed in all patients but was relatively small when compared to the
amount of pathology present.
