Brief report: Electroconvulsive therapy for malignant catatonia in an autistic adolescent

Brief report: Electroconvulsive therapy for malignant catatonia in an autistic adolescent

A 14-year-old male with autism and mild mental retardation developed malignant catatonia characterized by classic symptoms of catatonia, bradycardia and hypothermia. Bilateral electroconvulsive therapy and lorazepam were required for resolution. The case expands the occurrence of catatonia in autism...

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Veröffentlicht in:Autism : the international journal of research and practice 2010-07, Vol.14 (4), p.349-358
Hauptverfasser: Wachtel, Lee Elizabeth, Griffin, Margaret Merrie, Dhossche, Dirk Marcel, Reti, Irving Michael
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Autism
Autistic Disorder - complications
Autistic Disorder - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Case Studies
Catatonia
Catatonia - complications
Catatonia - diagnosis
Catatonia - therapy
Clinical Diagnosis
Drug Therapy
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Humans
Male
Malignant
Medical sciences
Mental Retardation
Mild Mental Retardation
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Symptoms
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Therapy
Treatment Outcome
Treatments
Variants
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Zusammenfassung:A 14-year-old male with autism and mild mental retardation developed malignant catatonia characterized by classic symptoms of catatonia, bradycardia and hypothermia. Bilateral electroconvulsive therapy and lorazepam were required for resolution. The case expands the occurrence of catatonia in autism into its malignant variant.
ISSN:1362-3613
1461-7005
DOI:10.1177/1362361309350135