Neurological Soft Signs and Psychiatric Symptoms

Abstract

The association between neurological soft signs, measured by the pediatric examination described by Pine et al (J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1996;35:509-515), and externalizing and internalizing psychopathology was examined in 56 boys, 8.5 (+/-1.5) years old, from a high-risk sample treated at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, NY.

Keywords

• neurological soft signs
• psychiatric symptoms
• basal ganglia dysfunction