ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 2003
Page Count: 3

Neuroleptic-Induced Akathisia and Violence: A Review
Leong, GB
Staff psychiatrist, University of Washington, WA

Silva, JA
Staff psychiatrist, Palo Alto Veterans Health Care System, CA

Abstract

Surprisingly, the association of neuroleptic-induced akathisia and aggressive behavior was not formally recognized until nearly two and one-half decades of antipsychotic prescribing had passed. Using a search of the anglophonic literature, this phenomenon is reviewed. Advances in psychopharmacology have reduced neuroleptic-induced akathisia and hold promise to eliminate it altogether. Nonetheless, important clinical and forensic aspects of neuroleptic-induced akathisia and aggression remain and are explored.

Keywords:
forensic science, antipsychotics, neuroleptics, akathisia, violence, aggression

Paper ID: JFS2002173
DOI: 10.1520/JFS2002173
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