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Mortality and Facial Dyskinesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

H. A. McClelland ,
D. Dutta ,
A. Metcalfe  and
T. A. Kerr
H. A. McClelland*
Affiliation:
St. Nicholas Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE3 3XT
D. Dutta
Affiliation:
St. Mary's Hospital, Stannington, Northumberland
A. Metcalfe
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU
T. A. Kerr
Affiliation:
St. Nicholas Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 3XT
*
∗ Correspondence
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Abstract

In 1965 a psychiatric in-patient population was surveyed for the prevalence of facial dyskinesia. The present investigation reports on their survival time. Among male and female patients with functional disorders (mostly schizophrenia) there was a strong association between moderate or severe facial dyskinesia and shortened survival, but no clinical factors were found to explain this. Mild facial dyskinesia in functional disorders was not associated with reduced life expectancy and may be attributable to the general effects of ageing rather than to a specific pathological process. Among patients with primary organic brain syndromes, dyskinesia was not associated with reduced life expectancy.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 3 , March 1986 , pp. 310 - 316
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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