SUICIDE ATTEMPT DUE TO METOCLOPRAMIDE-INDUCED AKATHISIA |
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| Authors: | LY Chow MRCPsych D Chung MRCPsych V Leung MB BS TF Leung MB ChB CM Leung MRCPsych |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Departments of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong;2. Departments of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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| Abstract: | Akathisia as a side-effect of metoclopramide has received increasing attention in consultation-liaison psychiatry in recent years. A case of metoclopramide-induced akathisia resulting in a suicide attempt is reported in order to highlight the suffering of such patients and the factors that lead to misdiagnosis. |
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