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Psychiatric symptoms associated with focal hand dystonia.

Mov Disord. 2010 Aug 24;

Authors: Voon V, Butler TR, Ekanayake V, Gallea C, Ameli R, Murphy DL, Hallett M

Myoclonus dystonia and idiopathic dystonia are associated with a greater frequency of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and major depression. We investigated the frequency of OCD in 39 patients with primary focal hand dystonia (FHD) using a semistructured interview. OCD and subsyndromal OCD was diagnosed in 5 of 39 (12.82%) patients with FHD, whereas OCD occurs in 2.3% of the general population. Recurrent depression occurred in (7 of 39) 17.95% of patients with FHD along with a family history of depression in (16 of 39) 41.02%. Overlapping mechanisms manifesting as FHD may also predispose to OC symptoms and likely implicates a common striatal dysfunction. (c) 2010 Movement Disorder Society.

PMID: 20737548 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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