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ArticleSchizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany)2025

Sensori- and psychomotor abnormalities, psychopathological symptoms and functionality in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: a network analytic approach.

Stefan Fritze, Geva A Brandt, Sebastian Volkmer, Jonas Daub, Dilsa Cemre Akkoc Altinok, Katharina M Kubera, Christoph U Correll, Georg Northoff, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Dusan Hirjak

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Stefan FritzeDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
Geva A BrandtDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
Sebastian VolkmerDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
Jonas DaubDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-0638-6213
Dilsa Cemre Akkoc AltinokDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
Katharina M KuberaCenter for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Christoph U CorrellGerman Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Georg NorthoffMind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5236-0951
Andreas Meyer-LindenbergDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
Dusan HirjakDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany. dusan.hirjak@zi-mannheim.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1226-9800

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) HI 1928/14-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) HI 1928/5-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) HI 1928/6-1
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Abstract

Sensori- and psychomotor abnormalities are an inherent part of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSD) pathophysiology and linked to psychopathological symptoms as well as cognitive and global functioning. However, how these different symptom clusters simultaneously interact with each other is still unclear. Here, we examined 192 SSD patients (37.75 ± 12.15 years, 73 females). First, we investigated the cross-sectional prevalence and overlap of individual sensori- and psychomotor abnormalities. Second, we applied network analysis methods to simultaneously model the associations between Neurological Soft Signs (NSS), level of akathisia, parkinsonism symptoms, tardive dyskinesia (TD) and catatonia signs as well as cognition, psychopathology, global functioning and daily antipsychotic dose. The largest centralities were exhibited by NSS (0.90), catatonia signs (0.82) and global functioning (0.79). NSS showed strong partial correlations with cognition and parkinsonism symptoms (edge weight, ew = 0.409 and ew = 0.318, respectively). Catatonia signs showed strong connections with global functioning (ew = 0.333). In contrast, TD, akathisia and daily antipsychotic dose were weakly connected with other variables (e.g., largest ew=0.176 between TD and akathisia). In conclusion, NSS and cognition, parkinsonism symptoms and NSS as well as catatonia signs and global functioning seem to be preferentially connected in SSD. The daily medication had little influence on sensori- and psychomotor abnormalities, indicating that they are features of core SSD pathophysiology. Future studies should incorporate these relationships to enhance the understanding of SSD.

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PMCPMC11821994

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