Defect symptoms and abnormal involuntary movement in schizophrenia.
Tardive dyskinesia (TD), a possible marker of the defect state of schizophrenia, was studied along with defect symptoms in 55 neuroleptic-treated chronic schizophrenic patients. Our cross-sectional data failed to replicate earlier findings of increased defect symptoms in TD patients (n = 14), except for more severe paucity of speech content when compared with non-TD patients (n = 41). Methodological issues that may account for some of the current and previously reported findings are discussed.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D010054:Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology