Am J Psychiatry 1990; 147:1231-1233
Copyright © 1990 by American Psychiatric Association
Prevalence of neuroleptic-induced dystonia in mania and schizophrenia
GJ Remington, G Voineskos, B Pollock, K Reed and K Coulter
Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ont., Canada.
In a prospective study of 41 acutely psychotic patients, neuroleptic-
induced dystonic reactions occurred in 62.5% of the manic patients (10 of
16) and 66.7% of the schizophrenic patients (10 of 15), a nonsignificant
difference. These findings contradict a recent report suggesting a higher
risk for this side effect in mania.
