Self-injurious behaviour in children: A treatable catatonic syndrome

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1113-1115

  Wachtel, Lee Elizabeth ^a   Shorter, Edward ^b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; CATATONIA; CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA; CATHEXIS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; TIC;

CATATONIA; CHILD; HUMANS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84889046125     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867413506500     Document Type: Note

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