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Catatonic Signs in Medical and Psychiatric Catatonias

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Brendan T. Carroll ,
John C. Kennedy  and
Harold W. Goforth
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Abstract

Patients with psychiatric catatonias vs those with medical catatonias may differ in catatonic phenomenology. To determine if these could be distinguished, the following methods were used: 1) a review of the literature; 2) a chart review; and 3) a prospective series. The literature review of 467 report of medical catatonias yielded 240 cases that met research criteria. A chart review of 47 episodes of catatonia revealed a higher frequency of negativism in patients with medical catatonias. Prospective data obtained from rating scales revealed an increased frequency of echophenomena in patients with medical catatonias; however, no discriminate pattern of catatonic signs for medical catatonias arose. Overall, catatonic signs appear to share a similar distribution. These findings suggest that psychiatric and medical catatonias are indistinguishable based upon catatonic signs.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 5 , Issue 7: Mechanisms and Presentations of Catatonia , July 2000 , pp. 66 - 69
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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