Psychiatric symptoms and cerebellar pathology

The authors describe three patients hospitalized for psychiatric disorders, all of whom had cerebellar lesions. Referring to recent research on nonmotor cerebellar functions, the authors suggest that patients with cerebellar lesions may develop an organic brain syndrome that closely resembles the or...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of psychiatry 1983-10, Vol.140 (10), p.1322-1326
Hauptverfasser:	HAMILTON, N. G, FRICK, R. B, TAKAHASHI, T, HOPPING, M. W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Astrocytoma - diagnosis Atrophy Biological and medical sciences Bipolar Disorder - diagnosis Cerebellar Diseases - diagnosis Cerebellar Diseases - psychology Cerebellar Neoplasms - diagnosis Cerebellum - abnormalities Cerebellum - pathology Diagnosis, Differential Encephalomalacia - diagnosis Female Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Neurocognitive Disorders - diagnosis Neurocognitive Disorders - psychology Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology Pons - pathology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Schizophrenia - diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:	The authors describe three patients hospitalized for psychiatric disorders, all of whom had cerebellar lesions. Referring to recent research on nonmotor cerebellar functions, the authors suggest that patients with cerebellar lesions may develop an organic brain syndrome that closely resembles the organic brain syndrome associated with cerebral cortical lesions.
ISSN:	0002-953X 1535-7228
DOI:	10.1176/ajp.140.10.1322