Catatonia is a severe motor syndrome with an estimated prevalence among psychiatric
inpatients of about 10%. At times, it is life-threatening especially in its malignant form when …

Although catatonia has historically been associated with schizophrenia and is listed as a
subtype of the disorder, it can occur in patients with a primary mood disorder and in …

The British Association for Psychopharmacology developed an evidence-based consensus
guideline on the management of catatonia. A group of international experts from a wide …

Page 1 Supplement to THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY Official Journal of the
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION Volume 159 Number 4 April 2002 PRACTICE for the …

OBJECTIVE: The authors assess the present position of catatonia in diagnostic classification
systems and consider the merits of designating catatonia as a separate diagnostic category …

Catatonia is a psychomotor syndrome that has been reported to occur in more than 10% of
patients with acute psychiatric illnesses. Two subtypes of the syndrome have been …

One of the most widely used guides to prescribing psychiatric medications, the Tenth Edition
of Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines returns with fully updated content and new sections on …

Differential diagnosis of motor symptoms, for example, akinesia, may be difficult in clinical
neuropsychiatry. Symptoms may be either of neurologic origin, for example, Parkinson's …

Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome that can occur due to medical or psychiatric
disorder. This review synthesizes over 20 years of original research and comprehensive …

Recent evidence favors the view of catatonia as an autonomous syndrome, frequently
associated with mood disorders, but also observed in neurological, neurodevelopmental …