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Commentary on the Modified Rogers Scale and the ‘Conflict of Paradigms' Hypothesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Peter F. Liddle
Peter F. Liddle*
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Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Rd, London W12 0HS
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The variety and complexity of schizophrenic movement disorders renders them difficult to assess. In particular, the complex disorders of motility that appear to reflect disturbance of the will demand an evaluation of the purpose of the movement. The difficulties of assessment are compounded by the fact that the antipsychotic drugs used to treat the illness can produce motor disorders that resemble the disorders intrinsic to the illness. In advancing his ‘conflict of paradigms' hypothesis, Rogers (1985) implied that emphasis on the distinction between intrinsic and drug-induced movement disorders might be misplaced because of overlap not only in the observable characteristics of these disorders, but also in the underlying neuropathology.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 3 , March 1991 , pp. 337 - 339
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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