The role of deprivation, abuse, and trauma in pediatric catatonia without a clear medical cause

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-32

  Dhossche, D M ^a   Ross, C A ^b   Stoppelbein, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Institute for Psychological Trauma   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Catatonia; Deprivation; Pediatric; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANACLITIC DEPRESSION; ARTICLE; CATALEPSY; CATATONIA; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PERVASIVE REFUSAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENESIS;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CATATONIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 83455196418     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01779.x     Document Type: Article

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