The clinical and prognostic value of motor abnormalities in psychosis, and the importance of instrumental assessment

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 80, Issue , 2017, Pages 476-487

  van Harten, Peter N ^a,b   Walther, Sebastian ^c   Kent, Jerillyn S ^d   Sponheim, Scott R ^d   Mittal, Vijay A ^e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GGz Central Psychiatric Centre   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Minneapolis VA Healthcare System   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Instrumental assessment; Motor abnormalities; Movement disorders; Prognosis; Psychosis; Ultra high risk for psychosis

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIMETRY; AKATHISIA; BASAL GANGLION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRADYKINESIA; CATATONIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTURE; HUMAN; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PSYCHOSIS; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SENSOR; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; TREMOR; VIRTUAL REALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 85025076173     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.06.007     Document Type: Review

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