Preliminary report: detrusor hyperreflexia in schizophrenia

The object of this study was to demonstrate detrusor hyperreflexia (DH) in schizophrenic patients. Twelve consecutive schizophrenic patients were evaluated by DSM-IIIR diagnostic criteria and other standard psychiatric measures, urological history and examination, and urodynamic study. All were refe...

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Published inNeurourology and urodynamics Vol. 14; no. 4; p. 371
Main Authors Gupta, S, Bonney, W W, Sethi, P S, Hunter, D R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 1995
Subjects
Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Muscle Contraction
Reflex, Abnormal - physiology
Retrospective Studies
Schizophrenia - physiopathology
Schizophrenia - therapy
Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic - etiology
Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic - physiopathology
Urodynamics
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Summary:The object of this study was to demonstrate detrusor hyperreflexia (DH) in schizophrenic patients. Twelve consecutive schizophrenic patients were evaluated by DSM-IIIR diagnostic criteria and other standard psychiatric measures, urological history and examination, and urodynamic study. All were referred for clinical indication, voiding dysfunction, or incontinence. Two patients were excluded for confounding variables, mental retardation and benign prostatic hypertrophy. Of the ten evaluable patients, four had DH. Detrusor hyperreflexia does occur in a subset of schizophrenic patients, even in the absence of other recognized disease to explain the occurrence. This relationship, previously unreported, warrants further investigation.
ISSN:0733-2467
DOI:10.1002/nau.1930140412