Chika Kubota, Toshiya Inada, Shih-Ku Lin, Ajit Avasthi, Kok Yoon Chee, Andi Jayalangkara Tanra, Shu-Yu Yang, Lian-Yu Chen, Mian-Yoon Chong, Adarsh Tripathi, Roy Abraham Kallivayalil, Sandeep Grover, Seon-Cheol Park, Takahiro A Kato, Yu-Tao Xiang, Kang Sim, Margarita M Maramis, Isa Multazam Noor, Chay-Hoon Tan, Norman Sartorius, Naotaka Shinfuku
INTRODUCTION: Drug-induced extrapyramidal syndrome (EPS) remains a major problem in clinical psychiatry. This study aimed to examine the factor structure of drug-induced extrapyramidal symptoms observed in patients with schizophrenia and assessed using the Drug-Induced Extrapyramidal Symptoms Scale (DIEPSS). METHODS: The participants were 1478 patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia whose EPS was assessed using the DIEPSS in India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, and Taiwan in the 2016 REAP AP-4 study...
December 3, 2022: Human Psychopharmacology