Idiopathic recurrent catatonia needs maintenance lorazepam: Case report and review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 625-627

  Saddichha, Sahoo ^a   Manjunatha, Narayana ^a   Khess, Christoday R J ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (India)

Author keywords

Catatonia; Idiopathic; Maintenance lorazepam; Recurrent

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LONG-TERM CARE; LORAZEPAM; RECURRENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA, CATATONIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250680151     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670701400032     Document Type: Article

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