psychomotor agitation

Introduction

Restlessness, often accompanied by emotional distress,

Etiology

• schizophrenia
• bipolar disorder
• delirium
• post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• panic attack
• anxiety disorder
• obsessive-compulsive disorder
• alcohol withdrawal
• claustrophobia
• dementia
• Parkinson's disease
• Alzheimer's disease
• traumatic brain injury
• porphyria
• drug adverse effects -cocaine, methylphenidate, haloperidol

Clinical manifestations

• restlessness
• purposeless movements
• emotional
• hand-wringing
• nail-biting
• loud & excessive vocalization
• pulling at clothing

Management

• benzodiazepines
• antipychotics is etiology is psychosis
• exercise
• yoga
• meditation
• deep breathing

More general terms

• sign/symptom

Additional terms

• psychomotor