Catatonia is an important phenomenon in both psychiatry and general medicine. This article
provides an overview of the key aspects of catatonia, including clinical features, differential …

Catatonia was first described in 1874 by Kahlbaum as being a cyclic disease mixing motor
features and mood variations. Because most cases ended in dementia, Kraepelin …

Background. To write an up-to-date review paper on catatonia using published literature.
Methods. This review involved a search using the terms “catatonia,”“stupor,”“catatonic …

Objective: The authors reviewed the recent literature regarding the treatment of catatonia as
a syndrome of multiple etiologies. Given the historical and clinical association of catatonia …

Catatonia is a distinct neuropsychiatric syndrome that is becoming more recognized
clinically and in ongoing research. It occurs with psychiatric, metabolic, or neurologic …

OBJECTIVE: To analyze clinical characteristics, time lag between diagnosis and treatment,
and outcome of patients treated for catatonia, with the intention to improve daily clinical care …

Catatonia is a clinical syndrome associated with a wide variety of psychiatric, medical and
neurological disorders. Despite several reports in the literature of a wide range of medical …

Catatonia is the psychiatric syndrome of disturbed motor functions amid disturbances in
mood and thought first described in 1874. It was quickly found in 10% to 38% of psychiatric …

Catatonia was described for the first time by Kahlbaum in 1874 (1). It can be defined
schematically as a motor dysregulation syndrome accompanied with a behavioral …

Psychiatric diagnoses are currently categorized on a syndromic basis. The syndrome of
catatonia, however, remains in a diagnostic limbo, acknowledged predominantly as a …