If Medication with Antipsychotics Is Discontinued, Tardive Dyskinesia

question 117

Multiple Choice

 If medication with antipsychotics is discontinued, tardive dyskinesia

• A) disappears immediately.
• B) disappears after a period of about six months to a year.
• C) disappears after a period of about three years.
• D) can continue indefinitely and may be permanent.

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