Longitudinal analysis of the relationship between motor and psychiatric symptoms in idiopathic dystonia.
Grace A BaileyAnna RawlingsFatemeh TorabiWilliam Owen PickrellKathryn J PeallPublished in: European journal of neurology (2022)
This study suggests a bidirectional relationship between psychiatric disorders and dystonia, particularly with mood disorders. Psychiatric and motor symptoms in dystonia may have common aetiological mechanisms, with psychiatric disorders potentially forming prodromal symptoms of idiopathic dystonia.