A 17-year-old with schizophrenia recently staed on antipsychotics is brought to casualty with neck rigidity. He has
* <48 hours of staing antipsychotics * M.C in======Younger black males * If a patient develops dystonia he is more prone for eps Patient considers this as an Allergic reaction , thereby may stop drugs Layryngeal dystonia is a Psychiatric emergency, should be treated with IV lorazepam TREATMENT * Diphenhydramine * Benztropine mesylate * Prophylactic anticholinergics helps Ref.Kaplon and sadock, synopsis of psychiatry, 11 th edition, pg no. 923
Dystonia
Catatonia
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Tardive dyskinesia
Pharmacotherapy in psychiatry