The British Journal of Psychiatry 155: 110-113 (1989)
© 1989 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Transient recurrence of auditory hallucinations during acute dystonia
LP Chiu
Three schizophrenic patients who had transient recurrence of auditory
hallucinations during acute dystonia precipitated by neuroleptic medication
are reported. If it is accepted that psychotic symptoms result from
dopaminergic overactivity, such phenomena suggest that acute dystonia might
also have been caused by increased dopaminergic neurotransmission in these
cases.