Reappearance of catatonia. A case report.
Case Reports
2006; 27(1-2): 260-262
PubMed PMID: 16648780
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Keywords:
Anticonvulsants:therapeutic use, Antidepressive Agents:therapeutic use, Carbamazepine:therapeutic use, Catatonia:classification, Depression:complications, Electroencephalography, Female, Humans, Hypnotics and Sedatives:therapeutic use, Middle Aged, Moclob.
: We describe a patient who was ill for more than 15 years. She was treated predominantly as a neurological case because of multiple motor signs. The diagnosis of catatonia was considered at the time when she was hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital after a suicidal attempt. The "therapeutic blindness", which was obviously present during 15 years of her illness, is discussed: the ICD--10 is perhaps misleading regarding this diagnosis while it associates it too tightly only to schizophrenia....
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Kocmur M, Vodopivec Z. Reappearance of catatonia. A case report. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2006 Apr; 27(1-2): 260-262