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The 2-year stability of neurological soft signs after a first episode of non-affective psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Marco P.M. Boks ,
Jean-Paul Selten ,
Stuart Leask  and
Robert J. Van den Bosch
Marco P.M. Boks*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, PO box 30.001, 9700 RBGroningen, The Netherlands Department of Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Centre Utrecht, B01.206, PO box 85500, 3508 GAUtrecht, The Netherlands
Jean-Paul Selten
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Centre Utrecht, B01.206, PO box 85500, 3508 GAUtrecht, The Netherlands
Stuart Leask
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Duncan Macmillan House, Porchester Road, NottinghamNG3 6AA, UK
Robert J. Van den Bosch
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, PO box 30.001, 9700 RBGroningen, The Netherlands
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (M.P.M. Boks), [email protected] (J.-P. Selten), [email protected] (S. Leask), [email protected] (R.J.Van den Bosch).
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Abstract

We examined the 2-year stability of neurological soft signs (NSS) in 29 patients after a first episode of psychosis. The numbers of NSS at inclusion and at 2 years follow-up were similar, but there was a significant increase in the numbers of NSS in the sub-group of patients whose dosage of antipsychotic medication had increased over time.

Keywords

NeurologicalSchizophreniaLongitudinalPsychosis
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Original articles
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European Psychiatry , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , July 2006 , pp. 288 - 290
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Copyright © Elsevier SAS 2006

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