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Abstract
A feeling of restlessness associated with increased motor activity. This may occur as a manifestation of nervous system drug toxicity or other conditions.
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- Agitation, Psychomotor
- Excitement, Psychomotor
- Psychomotor Hyperactivity
- Psychomotor Restlessness
- Restlessness
- Hyperactivity, Psychomotor
- Psychomotor Excitement
- Restlessness, Psychomotor
- Akathisia
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30 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse X ref AKATHISIA with AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED: see note there
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History Note
1978
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Previous Indexing
- Motor Activity (1968-1977)
- Psychomotor Disorders (1969-1977)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Psychomotor Agitation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011595. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011595
- Psychomotor Agitation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychomotor_agitation
- Psychomotor Agitation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q394129