Dr. Boazak is a PGY-3 psychiatry resident, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Schwartz is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director, Psychiatry Residency Education, and Director, Consultation-Liaison Service at Grady Memorial Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Young is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division Chief, Consultation-Liaison Services at Emory Healthcare, and Director, Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. F. Boyer is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Emergency Department Psychiatry Attending Physician, Grady Memorial Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. A. Boyer is a PGY-2 psychiatry resident, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Greenspan is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Attending Physician, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Akathisia is an elusive adverse effect of antipsychotics and can be misdiagnosed as anxiety. Close consideration should be given to potential medical, psychiatric, and drug-related etiologies in patients who have a prolonged medical course, comorbidities, and exposure to multiple pharmacologic agents.
