Self-injury in autism as an alternate sign of catatonia: Implications for electroconvulsive therapy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-114

  Wachtel, Lee E ^a   Dhossche, Dirk M ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID; ZOLPIDEM;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; CATATONIA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LESCH NYHAN SYNDROME; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PSYCHOSIS; RETT SYNDROME; STEREOTYPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TIC; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CATATONIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77953362590     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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