Catatonia
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Successful electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with intellectual disability and bipolar disorder, with catatonic features misdiagnosed as encephalopathy.

30 Aug 2009 We describe the successful use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in a 39-year-old woman with a complex clinical picture including bipolar disorder with catatonic features superimposed on a history of multiple congenital anomalies and intellectual ... Read more...

[Organic catatonia after apoplexy]

29 Aug 2009 Catatonia is seen in various psychiatric disorders, but also rarely occurs in medical conditions with organic cerebral affection. We present a case of a previously mentally healthy male, who developed catatonia years after a stroke in the right ... Read more...

Catatonia recognition and treatment.

30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Catatonic syndrome is no longer considered a subtype of schizophrenia but is more frequently associated with mood disorders (mania, melancholia, and psychotic depression) as well as general medical conditions (neurological disorders, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Catatonia'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The catatonia syndrome: forgotten but not gone. 30 Oct 2009
• Stuporous catatonia and white matter lesions. 29 Sep 2009
• Successful electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with intellectual disability and bipolar disorder, with catatonic features misdiagnosed as encephalopathy. 30 Aug 2009
• [Organic catatonia after apoplexy] 29 Aug 2009
• Catatonia recognition and treatment. 30 Jul 2009
• [Psychopathological aspects of "raptus melancholicus"] 29 Jun 2009
• Monoamines and sexual function in rats bred for increased catatonic reactivity. 9 Jun 2009
• Malignant catatonia accompanied by high urinary catecholamine levels mimicking the presentation of pheochromocytoma. 30 May 2009
• Exceptionally high initial seizure threshold in a catatonic patient treated with electroconvulsive therapy. 30 May 2009
• Impairment of the cortical GABAergic inhibitory system in catatonic stupor: a case report with neuroimaging. 27 May 2009
• The role of coagulation marker fibrin D-dimer in early diagnosis of catatonia. 15 May 2009
• Association of adolescent catatonia with increased mortality and morbidity: evidence from a prospective follow-up study. 11 May 2009
• Clonazepam withdrawal-induced catatonia. 29 Apr 2009
• Recurring episodes of Bell's mania after cerebrovascular accident. 29 Apr 2009
• [Monoamines and function of the ovaries in rats selected for elevated catatonic reactivity] 29 Apr 2009
• Identification of predictors of post-ictal delirium after electroconvulsive therapy. 30 Mar 2009
• [Neuroleptic malignant syndrome--rare diagnosis with high mortality] 30 Mar 2009
• Successful treatment of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis presenting with catatonia. 30 Mar 2009
• Levofloxacin-induced catatonia. 26 Mar 2009
• Mimicking catatonic symptoms: a head injury induced acute hyponatremia complicated by rhabdomyolysis in a patient with schizophrenia. 15 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Catatonia'

Definition: A neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by one or more of the following essential features: immobility, mutism, negativism (active or passive refusal to follow commands), mannerisms, stereotypies, posturing, grimacing, excitement, echolalia, echopraxia, muscular rigidity, and stupor; sometimes punctuated by sudden violent outbursts, panic, or hallucinations. This condition may be associated with psychiatric illnesses (e.g., SCHIZOPHRENIA; MOOD DISORDERS) or organic disorders (NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; ENCEPHALITIS, etc.). (From DSM-IV, 4th ed, 1994; APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)

Descriptor UI: D002389

Alternative terms: Catatonia; Catatonias; Catatonia, Organic; Catatonias, Organic; Organic Catatonia; Organic Catatonias; Organic Catatonic Disorder; Catatonic Disorder, Organic; Catatonic Disorders, Organic; Organic Catatonic Disorders; Schizophreniform Catatonia; Catatonia, Schizophreniform; Catatonias, Schizophreniform; Schizophreniform Catatonias; Catatonia, Malignant; Catatonias, Malignant; Malignant Catatonia; Malignant Catatonias; Lethal Catatonia; Catatonia, Lethal; Catatonias, Lethal; Lethal Catatonias;

Related Mesh Headings: Catalepsy;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.115; C23.888.592.604.115; F01.145.126.156; F01.700.165;