Catatonic syndrome: Importance of detection and treatment with lorazepam

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-8

  Seethalakshmi, R ^a   Dhavale, S ^a   Suggu, Kalpana ^a   Dewan, Mantosh ^b,c  

^a BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Catatonia; Diagnoses; Incidence; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; LORAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; BUSH FRANCIS CATATONIA RAING SCALE; BUSH FRANCIS CATATONIA SCREENING INSTRUMENT; CATATONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCREENING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CATATONIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA, CATATONIC; SYNDROME;

EID: 39749138669     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401230701844786     Document Type: Article

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