Catatonia is a psychomotor disorder featuring stupor, posturing, and echophenomena. This
Series paper examines the evidence for immune dysregulation in catatonia. Activation of the …

There is a lack of studies regarding the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in
children and adolescents. In this study, we aimed to assess benefits and harms of ECT in …

Objective The goal is to expand our knowledge of catatonia occurring in adolescents and
young adults with Down syndrome (DS) by describing the first prospective, consecutive, well …

Despite the majority of patients with anti-N-methyl d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antibody
encephalitis presenting with catatonic symptoms, the literature has not focused on well …

Abstract Anti-N-Methyl-d-aspartate-receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is the most frequent
autoimmune encephalitis in pediatric age. This retrospective observational study was aimed …

Among symptoms that patients with neurodevelopmental disorders can exhibit, challenging
behaviors (CBs) are some of the more complex to face, both for caregivers and the patients …

Pediatric catatonia is a rare and severe neuropsychiatric syndrome. We previously reported,
in 58 children and adolescents with catatonia, a high prevalence (up to 20%) of medical …

The current study is a review of the literature on catatonia syndrome with focus on children
and adolescent's specificity. Previous catatonia conceptualizations were significantly …

Objectives Patients with autoimmune encephalitis (AE) are likely to exhibit an acute onset of
severe psychiatric features, including psychosis and/or catatonia. Based on the high …

Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAr) encephalitis is a relatively recent autoimmune
entity, as it was first described in 2007. Given that it is a condition with neuropsychiatric …