PsychEd Shorts 12: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

About this episode

This episode covers the basics of neuroleptic malignant syndrome.

Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This short episode covers the basics of neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Hosts: Eric Yu (MS3) Dr. Angad Singh (PGY2) Dr. Shaoyuan Wang (PGY5) Audio Editing: Dr. Angad Singh (PGY2) References : 1. Park, J., Tan, J., Krzeminski, S., Hazeghazam, M., Bandlamuri, M., & Carlson, R. W. (2017). Malignant catatonia warrants early psychiatric‐critical care collaborative management: two cases and literature review. Case Reports in Critical Care, 2017(1), 1951965. 2. Simon, L. V., Hashmi, M. F., & Callahan, A. L. (2023). Neuroleptic malignant syndrome. In StatPearls [Internet]. StatPearls Publishing. 2. Tan, C. M., & Kumachev, A. (2023). Neuroleptic malignant syndrome. CMAJ, 195(43), E1481-E1481. 4. Trollor, J. N., & Sachdev, P. S. (1999). Electroconvulsive treatment of neuroleptic malignant syndrome: a review and report of cases. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 33(5), 650-659. For more PsychEd, follow us on Instagram ( ⁠⁠@psyched.podcast⁠⁠ ), Facebook ( ⁠⁠PsychEd Podcast⁠⁠ ), X ( ⁠⁠@psychedpodcast⁠⁠ ), and Bluesky ( ⁠⁠@psychedpodcast.bsky.social‬⁠⁠ ). You can email us at…

People in this episode

Hosts: Eric Yu, Dr. Angad Singh, Dr. Shaoyuan Wang

Topics covered

• Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
• Psychiatry
• Medical Education
• Mental Health
• Critical Care

Keywords

• neuroleptic malignant syndrome
• psychiatry
• medical learners
• mental health
• critical care

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Case Reports in Critical Care, StatPearls, CMAJ, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

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