Psychomotor Disorders - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is associated with motor vehicle crashes: the reality beyond the driving test.

29 Sep 2009 Patients with minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) have impaired driving skills, but association of MHE with motor vehicle crashes is unclear. Standard psychometric tests (SPT) or inhibitory control test (ICT) can be used to diagnose MHE. The aim ... Read more...

Anomalous subjective experience and psychosis risk in young depressed patients.

14 May 2009 BACKGROUND: Help-seeking young people often display depressive symptoms. In some patients, these symptoms may co-exist with clinically high-risk mental states for psychosis. The aim of this study was to determine differences in subjective experience ... Read more...

Phenomenological subtypes of delirium in older persons: patterns, prevalence, and prognosis.

29 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: Delirium is an acute confusional state that is common, preventable, and life-threatening. OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated the phenomenology of delirium severity as measured with the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale among 441 older ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychomotor Disorders - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Minimal hepatic encephalopathy and driving. 29 Sep 2009
• Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is associated with motor vehicle crashes: the reality beyond the driving test. 29 Sep 2009
• Anomalous subjective experience and psychosis risk in young depressed patients. 14 May 2009
• Phenomenological subtypes of delirium in older persons: patterns, prevalence, and prognosis. 29 Apr 2009
• Socio-behavioral characteristics of children with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. 5 Apr 2009
• Organization of cognitive control within the lateral prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia. 30 Mar 2009
• Very preterm children show impairments across multiple neurodevelopmental domains by age 4 years. 20 Mar 2009
• Attention and psychomotor functioning in bipolar depression. 7 Mar 2009
• Neuropsychological assessment in myasthenia gravis. 14 Jan 2009
• Visuo-motor coordination deficits and motor impairments in Parkinson's disease. 4 Nov 2008
• The factor structure of lifetime depressive spectrum in patients with unipolar depression. 20 Oct 2008
• Familial mirror movements over five generations. 29 Sep 2008
• Psychomotor functioning in chronic fatigue syndrome and major depressive disorder: a comparative study. 22 Sep 2008
• A comprehensive model of health-related quality of life in Parkinson's disease. 22 Sep 2008
• Altered state of corporal consciousness related to alien hand syndrome and schizophrenic motor passivity. 30 Aug 2008
• Driving and neurodegenerative diseases. 30 Aug 2008
• The background biopsychosocial status of teachers with voice problems. 26 Aug 2008
• Bleuler revisited: psychomotor slowing in schizophrenia as part of a catatonic symptom cluster. 20 Aug 2008
• [Treatment of a serious autistic disorder in a child with Naltrexone in an oral suspension form] 5 Jul 2008
• Profiles and cognitive predictors of motor functions among early school-age children with mild intellectual disabilities. 14 Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Psychomotor Disorders'

Definition: Abnormalities of motor function that are associated with organic and non-organic cognitive disorders.

Descriptor UI: D011596

Alternative terms: Psychomotor Disorders; Developmental Psychomotor Disorders; Developmental Psychomotor Disorder; Psychomotor Disorder, Developmental; Psychomotor Disorders, Developmental; Psychomotor Impairment; Impairment, Psychomotor; Impairments, Psychomotor; Psychomotor Impairments;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.881; C23.888.592.604.882; F01.700.875;

History Note: 1969