creators_name: Bracha, HS
creators_name: Livingston, RL
creators_name: Clothier, J
creators_name: Linington, BB
creators_name: Karson, CN
type: journalp
datestamp: 2006-12-22
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:44
metadata_visibility: show
title: Correlation of severity of psychiatric patients' delusions with right hemispatial inattention (left-turning behavior)

ispublished: pub
subjects: neuro-psych
subjects: neuro-neu
full_text_status: public
keywords: psychosis, hemispheric assymetry, dopamine
abstract: Studies associate psychotic disorders with various forms of subtle inattention to the right hemispace (left-turning behavior). The authors examined the correlation between this dopamine-related sign and severity of delusions (presumably dopaminergic symptoms) in 20 psychotic patients. Delusions were significantly correlated with severity of left-turning bias, and this neurological sign accounted for 33% of the variance in severity of delusions.
date: 1993-02
date_type: published
publication: American Journal of Psychiatry
volume: 150
pagerange: 330-332
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Bracha, HS and Livingston, RL and Clothier, J and Linington, BB and Karson, CN  (1993) Correlation of severity of psychiatric patients' delusions with right hemispatial inattention (left-turning behavior).  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/5315/1/Bracha_et._al%2C_Correlation_of_Severity_of_Psychiatric_Patients%27_Delusions.PDF