Successful treatment of co-occurring catatonia and obsessive-compulsive disorder with concurrent electroconvulsive therapy and benzodiazepine administration

Journal of ECT

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Makhinson, Michael ^a,b   Furst, Benjamin Albert ^a,b   Shuff, Michelle Kristina ^a   Kwon, Grace Eun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

catatonia; electroconvulsive therapy; flumazenil; obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

FLUMAZENIL; FLUOXETINE; LORAZEPAM; OLANZAPINE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUTISM; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; SYMPTOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; BENZODIAZEPINES; CATATONIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 84865711068     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e318254c2ea     Document Type: Article

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