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Disturbed voluntary motor activity in schizophrenic disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Theo C. Manschreck,
Brendan A. Maher,
Mary E. Rucklos and
Donald R. Vereen
Theo C. Manschreck*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA
Brendan A. Maher
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA
Mary E. Rucklos
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA
Donald R. Vereen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Theo C. Manschreck, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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Synopsis

Although motor features associated with schizophrenic disorders have been reported often, they have never been well understood and, since the introduction of neuroleptic drugs, they have been largely neglected. We report that disturbed voluntary motor activity occurs frequently among schizophrenics, is especially associated with features of formal thought disorder, but also with affective blunting, neurologic ‘soft’ signs. Certain motor and thinking abnormalities in schizophrenics may have a common pathogenetic basis.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , February 1982, pp. 73 - 84
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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