Beyond Boundaries: In Search of an Integrative View on Motor Symptoms in Schizophrenia
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MOTOR SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA Schizophrenia is typically conceived as an illness characterized by positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms. However, most schizophrenia patients also display a wide range of symptoms characterized by aberrant motor functioning. Symptoms of schizophrenia that fit this description are catatonic features, the motoric neurological soft signs (NSS), extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS), psychomotor slowing, and reduced motor activity.
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