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Perseveration is

ARepetition of an activity
BRepetition of word or a phrase
CInability to change the mental set in spite of a new stimulus
DPersistence of uncomfortable posture for long periods
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471 Psychiatry

A patient with acute psychosis, who is on haloperidol 20mg/day for last 2 days, has an episode characterized by tongue protrusion, oculogyric crisis, stiffness and abnormal posture of limbs and trunk without loss of consciousness for last 20 minutes before presenting to casualty. This improved within a few minutes after administration of diphenhydramine HCI. The most likely diagnosis is

AAcute dystonia
BAkathisia
CTardive dyskinesia
DNeuroleptic malignant syndrome
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