Psychomotor symptomatology in psychiatric illnesses

• Main Author: Manuel Morrens (auth)
• Other Authors: Sebastian Walther (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; ADHD; Affective Disorders; Bipolar Disorder; Motor Cortex; Schizophrenia; Depression; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Motor Activity; motor control; Alzheimer's disease
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Psychomotor symptoms are those symptoms that are characterized by deficits in the initiation, execution and monitoring of movements, such as psychomotor slowing, catatonia, neurological soft signs (NSS), reduction in motor activity or extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS). These symptoms have not always rec...