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Cognitive functions in tardive dyskinesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Marion E. Wolf*
Affiliation:
Veterans Administration Medical Center, North Chicago, and the University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois, USA
Joseph J. Ryan
Affiliation:
Veterans Administration Medical Center, North Chicago, and the University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois, USA
Aron D. Mosnaim
Affiliation:
Veterans Administration Medical Center, North Chicago, and the University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois, USA
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Marion E. Wolf, Tardive Dyskinesia Program, Veterans Administration Medical Center, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, USA.

Synopsis

Cognitive functions of psychiatric patients with and without tardive dyskinesia were evaluated using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Wechsler Memory Scale and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test. Schizophrenic patients with and without tardive dyskinesia did not differ in their performance on the administered psychological tests. However, affective disorder patients with tardive dyskinesia showed significantly more impairment on the Wechsler Memory Scale and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test than affective disorder patients without tardive dyskinesia. These findings suggest that affective disorder patients who develop tardive dyskinesia may have some predisposing brain damage or that tardive dyskinesia in these patients represents both a motor and a dementing disorder.

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Preliminary Communications
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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