First description of akathisia (1880). In his Practical Treatise on Nervous Exhaustion (Neurasthenia), New York neurologist and electrotherapist George Beard (1839-1883) described as a characteristic of neurasthenia, Fidgetiness and inability to keep still-a sensation that amounts to pain-is sometimes unspeakably distressing. . . .
An edition of A Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry
(2005)
A Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry
by Edward Shorter
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A Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry
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