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The management of psychosis in movement disorder patients.

Chou KL, Borek LL, Friedman JH

Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. Kelvin_Chou@brown.edu

Psychosis may be seen with several movement disorders. As pharmacological treatments can sometimes worsen movement disorders, psychosis in these situations can be complex for clinicians to manage. This review covers the management of psychosis in three different movement disorders: Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and Huntington's disease.

Published 2 May 2007 in Expert Opin Pharmacother, 8(7): 935-43.
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