Rehabilitation of Movement Disorders and Psychomotor Deficiency in Schizophrenia Residual Type

Abstract

Movement disorders and psychomotor deficiency is highly represented among patients in Schizophrenia – residual type.

Our therapeutic work and the results we are herewith presenting, reveal that the psychomotor deficiency by Schizophrenia residual conditions represent new and significant indication fields for specific rehabilitation treatment in psychiatry.

Evaluation of efficacy after 6 weeks specific rehabilitation treatment with the Vilan method showed: very satisfactory results in correction of involuntary movements of the torso,   bradykinesia of the hands,  praxia  and the simple simultaneous movements; satisfactory correction of involuntary movements of the extremities, walking  and  the facial gestures. No correction was in: involuntary movement of mouth and face, tremor, ideation, ideo‑motor series and in complex simultaneous movement.