Psychomotor function in affective disorders: an overview of new monitoring techniques.

摘要: Clinicians and researchers lack accuracy in assessing psychomotor functions of patients. Several objective monitoring techniques have recently been proposed with the goal compiling accurate determinations. These include electromyographic determinations facial expressions emotion, measurement speech phonation pause times, use movement-activated recording monitors to quantify motility. Objective assessments may improve classification, longitudinal monitoring, treatment selection, prediction outcome for patients depression mania.