Motor abnormalities in first-episode psychosis patients and long-term psychosocial functioning

Motor abnormalities (MAs) are highly prevalent in patients with first-episode psychosis both before any exposure and after treatment with antipsychotic drugs. However, the extent to which these abnormalities have predictive value for long-term psychosocial functioning is unknown.One hundred antipsychotic-naive first-episode psychosis (FEP) patients underwent extensive motor evaluation including catatonic, parkinsonism, dyskinesia, akathisia and neurological soft signs. Patients were assessed at na ïve state and 6months later.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - September 7, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Manuel J. Cuesta, Elena Garc ía de Jalón, M. Sol Campos, Lucía Moreno-Izco, Ruth Lorente-Omeñaca, Ana M. Sánchez-Torres, Víctor Peralta Source Type: research