Pharmacists Can Drive Improved Tardive Dyskinesia Screening and Care, Real-World Data Suggest

By Gina ShawPharmacists can play a central role in identifying and managing tardive dyskinesia (TD), particularly through structured screening and collaboration with clinical care teams—a potential solution to persistent gaps in recognition and diagnosis.Integrating pharmacists into movement disorder surveillance markedly increased the frequency of formal TD assessments, according to a 2021 quality improvement study of a psychiatric pharmacist–driven TD screening service. In the inpa