Since it is difficult to measure<unk> , rating scales are commonly used to assess the severity of movement disorders. The Simpson-Angus Scale (SAS), Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale (BARS), Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS), and<unk> Rating Scale (ESRS) are rating scales frequently used for such assessment and are not weighted for diagnostic purposes; these scales can help clinicians weigh the benefit/expected benefit of a medication against the degree of distress which the side effects are causing the patient, aiding in the decision to maintain, reduce, or discontinue the causative medication(s).
Extrapyramidal symptoms
Sickness behavior
Pain asymbolia
Pseudobulbar affect
Neurosis
Pyramidal signs
Dyssomnia
Amnesia