Tardive Dyskinesia in an 8-year-old child
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2014
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Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists
Abstract
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is an uncommon presentation in children, which can be disabling and irreversible when it does occur. An 8 year old boy, with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and borderline intelligence, developed features suggestive of TD on withdrawal of long-term haloperidol medication. After recommencing haloperidol at a lower dose his symptoms improved clinically and the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale score also decreased. Haloperidol was tailed off gradually and vitamin E was initiated
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Tardive Dyskinesia
Citation
The Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry 2014; 5(2): 24-26.