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Akathisia: Clinical features

(Updated January 2019) Akathisia involves a subjective component assessed by asking the patient and an objective component assessed by observation. The subjective component consists of inner restlessness that may be accompanied by anxiety, tension, impatience, irritability, etc. If a patient reports restlessness that is felt particularly in the legs, that is more suggestive of akathisia….

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