Impact

Shelly is a real patient living with tardive dyskinesia. In this podcast, Shelly tells Dr Nasrallah how tardive dyskinesia has shaped her relationships with others.

Dr Mattingly and Tammy LeBlanc-Russo get real about discussing tardive dyskinesia with their patients. They highlight the importance of initiating conversations.

Patients say that TD can be embarrassing, and some report a social impact. The experts highlight the social impact of tardive dyskinesia.

“Are You Really Okay?” That's the question that Dr Mattingly and Tammy LeBlanc-Russo encourage you to explore when asking your patients with tardive dyskinesia about their daily lives and emotional well-being.

Dr Greg Mattingly reviews a retrospective study published by Dr Stanley Caroff and colleagues evaluating the risk and burden of tardive dyskinesia among veterans with serious mental illness.

Clinicians and patients don't always speak the same language. How can clinicians decode communication of the patient, care partner, or staff to ultimately make the diagnosis of TD? In these brief videos, clinicians explain how a tardive dyskinesia diagnosis was made through decoding communication by narrating a real patient case from their practice.

In brief, candid interviews, clinicians humbly reveal past shortcomings of diagnosing tardive dyskinesia in clinical practice. Some were missing it, misdiagnosing it, or even brushing it aside to focus on the primary condition. Each clinician shares how their approach to tardive dyskinesia has evolved with new learnings and offers their hopeful take on the future of tardive dyskinesia management.