Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome or Lithium Neurotoxicity
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome or Lithium Neurotoxicity
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抗精神病药恶性综合征或锂神经毒性
DOI:
10.1192/bjp.150.4.568b
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发表时间:
1987
影响因子:
10.5
通讯作者:
A. Jee
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作者:
A. Jee
impairment, psychosis, alcoholism, or a history of head injury (Harvey, 1986). They were given tests of frontal lobe functions and sub-tests of the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). Using matched normative data for Nelson's Modified Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (MWCST), the obsessionals were shown to perseverate significantly more than normals (t= 2.80, P=0.01). Their mean percentage perseveration (50%, s.d. = 31) was greater than for patients with gross frontal lobe damage (42%, s.d. = 25).Obsessionals withor withoutsignificant persev eration were comparable on age-scaled sub-tests of the WAIS. Perseveration correlated with degree of obsessionality on the Leyton Obsessional Inventory (Spearman's r=0.50, P=0.Ol), which also corre lated, negatively, with alternating category verbal fluency (ACVF) (r= —¿ 0.62, P=0.002). This latter test and the MWCST assess cognitive set-shifting ability, a specific frontal lobe function. AlthoughOCDcouldaffectcognitive tasks, such as theACVFtest, via impaired performanceefficiency, it seems unlikely that a qualitatively distinctive error, such as perseveration, would occur on this basis. An overall impairment of performance would seem more likely, although this was not evident from the WAIS sub-tests. Whether or not idiopathic OCD is associated with frontal impairment therefore needs to be looked at as a specific issue. It should not be assumed that such impairment necessarily implies the presence of a known brain injury.