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Resources on Catatonia

The following pages include current and relevant resources about Catatonia, diagnostic criteria, treatment options, and providers who have expertise in Catatonia and/or ECT. It’s not meant to be exhaustive and there may be other relevant resources about a topic you may be interested in. 

 

The resources are organized with the most recent first. Links to the articles, videos, podcasts, and other websites are provided. Scholarly articles are briefly described for your convenience. 

 

The resources pages are organized by topic and cover the following:

01.

Catatonia in General

  • Catatonia in General

  • Fear

  • Prevalence

  • Post and Peripartum

  • Catatonia in Older Adults

  • Catatonia in Children and Adolescents

02.

Symptoms and Diagnosis

  • General Diagnosis

  • Rating scales

  • Lorazepam Challenge

  • Labs Tests for Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis

  • DSM-5

  • Complications of Catatonia

  • Challenges of Getting a Diagnosis

03.

Expressions of Catatonia

  • Expressions in General

  • Retarded (Akinetic) Catatonia

  • Excited Catatonia

  • Agitated Catatonia - Catatonia in Autism and Other Developmental Disorders

  • Malignant Catatonia

  • Periodic Catatonia

  • Catatonia due to Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis

  • COVID-19 and Catatonia

  • Effect of Drug and Other Substances on Catatonia

04.

Treatments

  • Treatment in General

  • Lorazepam

  • Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

  • Challenges to ECT

  • Treatment Specific to Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis

  • Other Treatment Possibilities

  • Recurrence of Catatonia

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