Phenomenology and treatment of Catatonia: A descriptive study from north India

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-40

  Dutt, Alakananda ^a   Grover, Sandeep ^a   Chakrabarti, Subho ^a   Avasthi, Ajit ^a   Kumar, Suresh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Catatonia; ECT; lorazepam; phenomenology

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; ARIPIPRAZOLE; CLOZAPINE; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUSH FRANCIS CATATONIA RATING SCALE; CATALEPSY; CATATONIA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MUTISM; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; RIGIDITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STUPOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79251502385     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.75559     Document Type: Article

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