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Catatonia Following Chemotherapy Complicated by Acute Kidney Injury and Delirium: A Case Report

BJPsych Open
Aims: Catatonia can be secondary to psychiatric or medical conditions. Previous studies have reported associations between chemotherapy and catatonia, and between taxanes (a chemotherapeutic agent) and encephalopathy. However, there have thus far been no
Wei Siang Lee, Leslie Lim, Vincent Wong
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The Effect of Electroconvulsive Therapy on Specific Catatonia Symptoms and Predictors of Late Response.

INTRODUCTION Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is known to be effective in the treatment of catatonia, reaching response rates of about 80 to 100%. It is indicated in cases of treatment resistance to benzodiazepines and in life-threatening conditions ...
Meyer, Agnes, Breit, Sigrid, Schmitt, Wolfgang, Walther, Sebastian, Bracht, Tobias   +4 more
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Thinking Twice About Benzodiazepines: Treatment of Progressive Dementia in a Hospitalized Patient

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Catatonia is an illness that overlaps with depression, dementia, and delirium, creating a diagnostic challenge. We present a case of catatonia in an older patient who initially presented with hypoactive delirium and who was later determined to have ...
Mallika Lal, Katie Drago, Rebecca Harrison   +2 more
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First known case of catatonia due to cyclosporine A-related neurotoxicity in a pediatric patient with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome

BMC Psychiatry, 2019
Background Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by diverse psychomotor abnormalities, including motor dysregulation and behavioral and affective disturbances.
R. David Heekin, Kalonda Bradshaw, Chadi A. Calarge   +2 more
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New Faces of Catatonia?

, 2018
Initially, the stuporous, excited (delirious mania), and febrile neurotoxic forms (neuroleptic malignant syndrome) of catatonia were recognized as distinctive.
Edward Shorter, Max Fink
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Zolpidem for Catatonia Refractory to Benzodiazepines in Resource-Limited Settings

BJPsych Open
Aims: Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by a paucity of movement and speech. Benzodiazepines are the mainstay of treatment for catatonia, but a subset of patients do not respond.
Holly Hodge, Shaikh Ullahansari, Blake Berry   +2 more
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Preta grahonmada - Catatonia?

, 2018
Unmada (a broad clinical entity which includes various psychiatric problems) is a major psychiatric condition described in Ayurvedic classics, and it is characterized by deranged mental functions.
Prasad Mamidi, Kshama Gupta
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Catatonia in an inpatient gerontopsychiatric population

, 2018
There are limited data on the prevalence of catatonia in the elderly. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of catatonia in elderly patients (=/> 65 years) acutely admitted to the psychiatric unit of a general hospital.
Takács, Rozália, Ungvari GS, Asztalos M, Gazdag Gábor, László   +3 more
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Catatonia, beyond a psychiatric syndrome

, 2017
Although catatonia is a well-known psychiatric syndrome, there are many possible systemic and neurological etiologies. The aim of this case report was to present a case of a patient with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and infarction in which catatonia ...
Nathália Stela Visoná de Figueiredo, Michel Ferreira Machado, Antônio de Matos Lima Neto, Sônia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Maria Sheila Guimarães Rocha, Débora Bartzen Moraes Angst   +5 more
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The Psychopathological Concept of Catatonia

, 2018
The psychopathological concept of catatonia argues that with the exception of drug-induced extrapyramidal syndromes, modern descriptive psychopathology has neglected the motor aspect of psychiatric disorders.
Gabor S. Ungvari
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