GuidelineClinical medicine (London, England)2023
The diagnosis and treatment of catatonia.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Genetics of catatonia: a systematic review of case reports and a gene pathway analysis.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Pooled it
- Expanding the phenotype of NEDAMSS with a psychiatric perspective: analysis of a new case, and a systematic review of the literature.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Frozen emotions, frozen bodies: a systematic review of limbic system alterations in catatonia.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Review
- Catatonia an Unexpected Side Effect of Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Case Report.Neuropsychopharmacology reports · 2026Article
- Case Report: Unmasking catatonia in adolescents: a potential triggering role of corticosteroids in two clinical cases.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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- CATATOnia treatment with transcranial direct current electrostimulation: protocol of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled bicentric superiority study (CATATOES).BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Catatonia in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.NeuroSci · 2025Review
- Malignant catatonia in an adolescent with pogo transposable element derived with zinc finger domain (POGZ) gene mutation: case report.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- Treatment of Catatonia with Benzodiazepine, Electroconvulsive Therapy and Memantine in an Adolescent: a Case Report.Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2025Article
- Electroconvulsive therapy for an older patient with schizophrenia complicated by nonconvulsive status epilepticus during catatonia: A case report.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Article
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- The Long-Term Impact of Lorazepam on Catatonia Recurrence in Patients With Bipolar Disorder.Cureus · 2025Article
- Low-dose intravenous esketamine on a depressive catatonia patient with venous thromboembolism: a case report.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Clinical predictors of short-term treatment response in stupor: a retrospective study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis With Serial Negative MRI Findings: An Evaluation Using Autoimmune Psychosis Criteria.Case reports in neurological medicine · 2025Article
- Orbitofrontal sulcal patterns in catatonia.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2023Article
- Listening to the patient, listening to the data.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Catatonia is a severe neuropsychiatric syndrome that affects emotion, speech, movement and complex behaviour. It can occur in a wide range of psychiatric and neurological conditions, including depression, mania, schizophrenia, autism, autoimmune encephalitis (particularly NMDAR encephalitis), systemic lupus erythematosus, thyroid disease, epilepsy and medication-induced and -withdrawal states. This concise guideline highlights key recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) Catatonia Guideline, published in April 2023. Important investigations may include neuroimaging, electroencephalography and assessment for neuronal autoantibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid. First-line treatment comprises benzodiazepines and/or electroconvulsive therapy. The benzodiazepine of choice is lorazepam, which is sometimes used in very high doses. Multidisciplinary working between psychiatrists and physicians is often essential. The main limitation of the guidelines is the low quality of the underlying evidence, comprising mainly small observational studies and case reports or series.
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