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Tardive Dyskinesia

Patients' Lack of Awareness of Movement Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robertson Macpherson  and
Rachel Collis
Robertson Macpherson*
Affiliation:
Ham Green Hospital, Pill, Bristol BS20 0HW
Rachel Collis
Affiliation:
Northern General Psychiatric Unit, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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Of 113 patients in long-stay wards of a psychiatric hospital, 43 had TD. Twenty-six of the 39 patients who consented to take part in the study were unaware of abnormal involuntary movements. These patients scored significantly lower on a short test of cognitive function than patients who were aware of such movements. The diagnosis of schizophrenia, perticularly the ‘defect’ state with cognitive deficit and negative symptoms, was found to be associated with lack of awareness of TD.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 160 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 110 - 112
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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