The effects of atypical and conventional antipsychotics on reduced processing speed and psychomotor slowing in schizophrenia: A cross-sectional exploratory study

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• 作者：Manuel Morrens ; Wouter Hulstijn ; Bernard Sabbe
• 关键词：processing speed ; psychomotor ; schizophrenia ; writing
• 刊名：Clinical Therapeutics
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：April 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：30
• 期：4
• 页码：684-692
• 全文大小：1316 K

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Background: Psychomotor slowing is an intrinsic feature of schizophrenia, but little is known about its nature or to what extent it is influenced by antipsychotics. The Symbol-Digit Substitution Test (SDST) is an appropriate tool for assessing reduced processing speed, whereas performance on copying tasks may be more useful in evaluating psychomotor slowing.