Impact-Tardive Dyskinesia (Impact-TD) Scale: A Clinical Tool to Assess the Impact of Tardive Dyskinesia.

Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a movement disorder that can negatively affect health-related quality of life. However, the impact of TD is not necessarily dependent solely on the objective severity of TD movements. There is currently no easy-to-use, standardized, clinician-rated assessment of the impact of TD on functioning.

Barriers to Treatment of Hallucinations and Delusions in People With Dementia Residing in Long-Term Care.

Most people with dementia will experience neuropsychiatric symptoms, including psychosis characterized by hallucinations and delusions. Across dementia subtypes, hallucinations and delusions are common, though their prevalence and presentation may vary. These symptoms have been associated with worse outcomes compared with dementia alone, including accelerated functional decline and mortality.

Assessment of the Impact of Tardive Dyskinesia in Clinical Practice: Consensus Panel Recommendations.

Purpose: Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a hyperkinetic movement disorder in which patients experience abnormal involuntary movements that can have profound negative impacts on physical, cognitive, and psychosocial functioning. Use of measures to assess the functional impact of TD in routine clinical practice is lacking. To address this gap, an advisory panel of experts in psychiatry and movement disorder neurology was convened to develop consensus recommendations on assessment of the impact of TD on patients' functioning that can be used in clinical practice.