Periodic catatonia. Challenging diagnosis for psychiatrists

AR Ghaffarinejad, MM Sadeghi, F Estilaee… - Neurosciences …, 2012 - nsj.org.sa
Periodic catatonia (PC) is a rare type of catatonia syndrome, in which the catatonic phases
often repeat regularly. Between the catatonic periods, the symptoms totally disappear and …

[HTML][HTML] A case report of an unusual presentation of a patient with recurrent idiopathic catatonia

JEG Charlesworth, O Ghosn, N Hussain… - … Research Case Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Catatonia-like presentations can be precipitated by multiple organic and
medication-related causes. Psychiatric causes of catatonia are typically associated with …

Periodic catatonia: Long-term treatment with lamotrigine: A case report

G Konstantinou, CC Papageorgiou… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Periodic catatonia is a rare form of catatonia, characterized by episodes occurring in a cyclic
pattern with clinical features of combined stupor and excitement, with intervals of remission …

Cases of catatonia on an academic electroconvulsive therapy service: lessons to learn

AS Aloysi, DM Popeo, CH Kellner - The Journal of ECT, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Cases of Catatonia on an Academic Electroconvulsive Therapy... : The Journal of ECT Cases
of Catatonia on an Academic Electroconvulsive Therapy Service: Lessons to Learn : The …

Brief episodes of non-specific psychosis later diagnosed as periodic catatonia

VM Tang, H Park - Case Reports, 2016 - casereports.bmj.com
A 73-year-old woman was known to have discrete episodes of psychosis not otherwise
specified that would require a brief admission to hospital and total remission following a …

[HTML][HTML] Periodic catatonia with long-term treatment: a case report

RA Chen, TL Huang - BMC psychiatry, 2017 - Springer
Background Periodic catatonia has long been a challenging diagnosis and there are no
absolute guidelines for treatment when precipitating factors are also unclear. We report a …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment of periodic catatonia with olanzapine: a case report

CS Guzman, VHM Myung, YP Wang - Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2007 - SciELO Brasil
Catatonia has been described as one of the most enigmatic phenomenon in psychiatry and
neurology. 1 Catatonia is a rare psychomotor syndrome, which can be associated with …

Postictal catatonia in a schizophrenic patient and electroconvulsive treatment

A Gunduz, G Benbir, R Bayar - The Journal of ECT, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Catatonic state has been related to variable medical, neurological, and psychiatric
disorders. Although it is commonly associated with schizophrenia, epilepsy presenting as …

[HTML][HTML] Does recurrent catatonia manifest in a similar fashion in all the episodes of mood disorder? A case series with literature review

S Nath, R Bhoi, B Mishra, S Padhy - General Psychiatry, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Catatonia, originally conceptualised by Kahlbaum in 1868, is a neuropsychiatric condition
that has been found to occur concomitantly with several organic and psychiatric conditions …

ECT for lorazepam-refractory catatonia

PP Yeung, RM Milstein, DC Daniels… - The Journal of …, 1996 - journals.lww.com
Catatonic syndromes are seen in diverse psychiatric and systemic illnesses, and may have
varied presentations. Although reports suggest that benzodiazepines are helpful, debate …