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Transient Recurrence of Auditory Hallucinations During Acute Dystonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Leo P. W. Chiu
Leo P. W. Chiu*
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Abstract

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.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 1 , July 1989 , pp. 110 - 113
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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