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Prevalence of spontaneous dyskinesia in schizophrenic and non-schizophrenic psychiatric patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Wayne S. Fenton ,
Crystal R. Blyler ,
Richard J. Wyatt  and
Thomas H. McGlashan
Wayne S. Fenton*
Affiliation:
Chestnut Lodge Research Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Crystal R. Blyler
Affiliation:
Chestnut Lodge Research Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Richard J. Wyatt
Affiliation:
Neuropsychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Thomas H. McGlashan
Affiliation:
Yale Psychiatric Institute, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
*
Wayne S. Fenton, Director of Research, Chestnut Lodge Research Institute, 500 West Montgomery Avenue, Rockville. MD 20850. USA. Fax: (301) 309-0915
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Abstract

Background

Although movement disorders have been noted among patients never exposed to neuroleptic medications, the specificity of spontaneous dyskinesia to schizophrenia has rarely been examined.

Method

By abstracting detailed case records, we compared the prevalence of dyskinetic movements between 94 neuroleptic-naïve schizophrenic patients and 179 patients with other psychiatric disorders.

Results

Dyskinetic movements were more common among patients with schizophrenia than among those with all other diagnoses, and were most often noted in the body areas typically associated with tardive dyskinesia.

Conclusions

Spontaneous dyskinesia appears to be relatively specific to schizophrenia and may be intrinsic to the pathophysiology of the disorder.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 171 , Issue 3 , September 1997 , pp. 265 - 268
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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