Catatonia in autism: Implications across the life span

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 327-335

  Kakooza Mwesige, Angelina ^a   Wachtel, Lee E ^b   Dhossche, Dirk M ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Benzodiazepines; Catatonia; Classification; Electroconvulsive therapy; Pervasive developmental disorders; Psychosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COCAINE; DISULFIRAM; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLUMAZENIL; GABAPENTIN; LORAZEPAM; MESCALINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PSILOCYBINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULTHOOD; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CATATONIA; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPULSION; CONVERSION DISORDER; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; LIFESPAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUTISM; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PSYCHOSIS; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; TIC; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BENZODIAZEPINES; CATATONIA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51849111522     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-008-0676-x     Document Type: Article

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