The catatonia syndrome: Forgotten but not gone

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1173-1177

  Fink, Max ^a   Taylor, Michael Alan ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LORAZEPAM;

CATALEPSY; CATATONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; GESTURE; HUMAN; MUTISM; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOTYPY; STUPOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATATONIA; CHILD; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 70350644890     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.141     Document Type: Review

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