Catatonic features: Differential diagnosis and treatments at an emergency unit

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-66

  Huang, Tiao Lai ^a   Ree, Shao Chun ^a   Huang, Yu Chu ^a   Liu, Hia Yih ^a,b   Yang, Yong Yi ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Catatonia; Mutism; Stupor

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CATATONIA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOLALIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUTISM; NEUROLEPTIC INDUCED DEFICIT SYNDROME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTYPY; STUPOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CATATONIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROSHOCK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0032914293     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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