Onset of catatonia at puberty: Electroconvulsive therapy response in two autistic adolescents

Journal of ECT

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 274-277

  Ghaziuddin, Neera ^a   Gih, Daniel ^a   Barbosa, Virginia ^a   Maixner, Daniel F ^a   Ghaziuddin, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; catatonia; ECT

Indexed keywords

BENZATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; TRAZODONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADL DISABILITY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PUBERTY; SOCIAL DISABILITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; AGGRESSION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CATATONIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FLUOXETINE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PUBERTY; SERTRALINE; SPORTS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78650463724     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181de332e     Document Type: Article

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