Psychogenic Unresponsiveness

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 995-1006

  Hurwitz, Trevor A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC Neuropsychiatry Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catatonia; Coma; Psychogenic; Stupor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMANTADINE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DANTROLENE; DISULFIRAM; LORAZEPAM; MEMANTINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENCYCLIDINE; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; ZOLPIDEM;

AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; ATAXIA; CATALEPSY; CATATONIA; CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA; CLONUS; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DELIRIUM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; INFECTION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; ORGANIC CATATONIC STUPOR; PARANOIA; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; STUPOR; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; UREMIA;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LORAZEPAM; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 80055108320     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: 15579875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2011.07.006     Document Type: Review

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