Motor Abnormalities: From Neurodevelopmental to Neurodegenerative Through "Functional" (Neuro)Psychiatric Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Motor abnormalities (MAs) of severe mental disorders have been traditionally neglected both in clinical practice and research, although they are an increasing focus of attention because of their clinical and neurobiological relevance. For historical reasons, most of the literature on MAs has been focused to a great extent on schizophrenia, and as a consequence their prevalence and featural properties in other psychiatric or neuropsychiatric disorders are poorly known. In this article, we evaluated the extent to which catatonic, extrapyramidal and neurological soft signs, and their associated clinical features, are present transdiagnostically.

Methods

We examined motor-related features in neurodevelopmental (schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, autism spec

SUBMITTER: Peralta V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5581892 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature