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 …

Background Catatonia is a potentially life threatening syndrome in various psychiatric
disorders. As first line treatment, benzodiazepines and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are …

Objective: To report the definitive diagnosis of anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis in
four Japanese women previously diagnosed with “juvenile acute nonherpetic encephalitis” …

Objective: The main aim of this case series report is to alert physicians to the occurrence of
catatonia in Down syndrome (DS). A second aim is to stimulate the study of regression in DS …

Objective: In this exploratory open label study, we investigated the prevalence of catatonia in
an acute psychiatric inpatient population. In addition, differences in symptom presentation of …

We aimed to (1) describe the treatment used in a large sample of young inpatients with
catatonia,(2) determine which factors were associated with improvement and (3) …

Although recent studies have shown that catatonia can occur in patients with autism
spectrum disorders (ASDs), the overlap of the behavioral features between these disorders …

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 …

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 …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an important treatment for catatonia. We aimed to study
the response rate of catatonia treated with ECT and its clinical correlates in a large sample …