Successful amantadine treatment of a patient with ECT-resistant catatonia

Catatonia is a common neuropsychiatric syndrome. There is a life-threatening subtype of this disease known as malignant catatonia. One of the hypotheses regarding the pathogenesis is an imbalance of multiple neurotransmitters (gaba, glutamate and dopamine). The first step in treatment is to administ...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie 2016, Vol.58 (8), p.599-602
Hauptverfasser:	Walstra, A N, den Broek, M VAN, Giltay, E J, van Paassen, J, van Noorden, M S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	dut
Schlagworte:	Adult Amantadine - therapeutic use Catatonia - drug therapy Dopamine Agents - therapeutic use Electroconvulsive Therapy - methods GABA Modulators - therapeutic use Humans Male Treatment Outcome
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