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Orofacial Dyskinesia, Cognitive Function and Medication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Philip Thomas  and
Ralph McGuire
Philip Thomas*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, The Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Ralph McGuire
Affiliation:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH 10 SHF
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

The presence of tardive dyskinesia in a sample of 43 patients with schizophrenia and 37 psychopaths who had been hospitalised for many years and exposed to large amounts of medication was assessed while testing their cognitive function. Subjects who showed no evidence of abnormal movements performed significantly better on the test of delayed recall, but there were no differences in performance on any of the other tests of cognitive function used. Multiple regression analysis revealed that age and the total lifetime dose of neuroleptic medication received (in chlorpromazine equivalents) were the only variables to predict the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale score, although a large amount of variance in this variable was unaccounted for. The duration of treatment with neuroleptics did not predict AIMS score.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 2 , August 1986 , pp. 216 - 220
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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Present address: Consultant Psychiatrist, Manchester Royal Infirmary, York Place, off Hathersage Road, Manchester 13.

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