About ‘Withdrawal Symptoms’
It is useful to distinguish between ‘withdrawal symptoms’, experienced as a result of physiological dependence, and discontinuation effects.
Mental Health Drug Action Mechanisms and Warnings
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These background documents explore rare but important potentially serious problems associated with certain mental health drugs. Broader coverage of more than 100 specific medications and their known actions is included on our main site.
In this Section
About Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
This life-threatening neurological disorder is usually caused by an adverse reaction to anti-psychotic, or neuroleptic drugs.
About Tardive Dyskinesia
This neurological syndrome is caused by long-term use of neuroleptic drugs.
Drug Action Mechanisms
These very brief explanations of drug activity are intended to be read in conjunction with the more complete drug descriptions given on our main drug pages.
