This program is intended for Directors of Nursing (DONs) at LTC Facilities.  This is not a promotional program.

Objectives

• Describe dopamine dysfunction in schizophrenia and treatment of schizophrenia with antipsychotics

• Characterize the clinical manifestations, diagnostic criteria, and timing of onset of common tardive and acute drug-induced movement disorders

• Present videos of patients to visualize different severities of TD and AIMS scores in different parts of the body affected by TD

• Review the epidemiology and pathophysiology of drug-induced movement disorders