Catatonia is a motor dysregulation syndrome among psychiatric asylum patients that was
delineated in 1874. The syndrome was so well characterized that within a few years its …

Catatonia is a motor dysregulation syndrome described by Karl Kahlbaum in 1874. He
understood catatonia as a disease of its own. Others quickly recognized it among diverse …

Objective Catatonia, a disorder of movement and mood, was described and named in 1874.
Other observers quickly made the same recognition. By the turn of the century, however …

Introduction Catatonia is a rare and severe psychomotor condition in children and
adolescents. In the current report, we aimed to review the recent literature. Method Using a …

What are the real disease entities in psychiatry? This is a question that has bedeviled the
study of the mind for more than a century yet it is low on the research agenda of psychiatry …

CONTEXT: Rare diseases have been associated with more and more genetic and non
genetic causes and risk factors. But this has not been systematically assessed in catatonia …

During adolescence, some individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) engage in
severe challenging behaviors, such as aggression, self-injury, disruption, agitation and …

This paper examined outcomes among youth with catatonic syndrome and determined
whether the characteristics suggesting the relevance of chronic catatonic schizophrenia …

Over the past two decades, catatonia has been better demarcated in adult psychiatry as a
unique syndrome that consists of specific motor signs with a characteristic response to …

Objectives: In child and adolescent psychiatry, catatonia is infrequent, but it is one of the
most severe syndromes, characterized by the coexistence of psychic and motor symptoms …