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- Title
Case report of neuroleptic malignant syndrome with prolonged mental changes and severe dyskinesia.
- Authors
Chung, Youn Jae; Lee, Seung Jae
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 42-year-old woman who was presented at the hospital with developed psychotic symptoms that included persecutory delusions, disorganized behavior, and speech. The patient has showed prolonged mental changes and prominent dystonia and oral dyskinesia that lasted for 26 days in addition to the classic features of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). The association of NMS induced by antipsychotics with a high mortality rate is also tackled.
- Subjects
DELUSIONS; DYSKINESIAS
- Publication
Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 2018, Vol 10, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1758-5864
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1111/appy.12303