Korean J Psychosom Med.  2013 Dec;21(2):99-105.

Movement Disorders that Psychiatrists Should Know

• Cheon JS

Abstract

The movement disorders in psychiatry have been neglected, though it is an important psychiatric dimension to exert unfavorable influence on patients'quality of life. The etiologies of movement disorders in psychiatry can be classified as primary neurological disorders, psychiatric comorbidities of neurological disorders, manifestations of primary psychiatric disorders, drug-induced movement disorders and psychogenic movement disorders. For the rapid and proper treatment for movement symptoms and signs easily observed from psychiatric patients, psychiatrists' ability toward precise disgnosis and differential diagnosis of movement disorders should be preceded.

Keyword

Psychiatry; Movement disorder; Etiology; Differential diagnosis

MeSH Terms

Comorbidity
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Movement Disorders*
Nervous System Diseases
Psychiatry*