Catatonia: Diagnosis, classification, and treatment

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-185

  Francis, Andrew ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catatonia; Neuroleptic malignant syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMOBARBITAL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FLUMAZENIL; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MEMANTINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PLACEBO; RISPERIDONE; ZOLPIDEM; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BUSH FRANCIS CATATONIA RATING SCALE; CATATONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DECUBITUS; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CATATONIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77955301732     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-010-0113-y     Document Type: Review

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