Parakinesia

Parakinesia refers to such bodily movements in a person that are excessive or inadequate and are not controlled by him. This phenomenon was first described in 1896 by a Viennese psychiatrist from the Royal Venice Society of Neuropathologists, Louis Albert Kanner. It was he who proposed to use the neurological concept “parakinesis” to refer to it, translated from Greek meaning “contact, contact.” It was said that with all this illness, the sick person has practically no emotional sphere, as well as mental activity. In such cases, all sensations become inadequate, frequent mood swings are observed, unpredictable explosive psychoses appear and behavior often changes. Parakinesis refers to organic lesions of the central nervous system, therefore it almost always manifests itself against the background of brain destruction and the occurrence of pathological conditions such as encephalitis, epilepsy, stroke, etc.

As mentioned earlier, parakinesis syndrome is divided into two types: positive and negative. In the first case, all movements are indecisive and limited, symptoms such as irritability and lethargy are observed. With negative parakinesis, on the contrary, the movements are frequent and fast, the patient is absolutely incontinent, he has overexcitation of the psycho-emotional sphere, and cannot control his actions. At first glance, the disease may not be noticed by neurologists and psychiatrists, since in all indicators of the body it is similar to oligophrenia and schizophrenia. If this happens, then treatment will be only symptomatic. For this purpose, the following groups of drugs are used:

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