Electroconvulsive therapy as life-saving in an acute catatonic syndrome associated with bipolar disorder: A case report

Introduction Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by an onset of a dysfunction in psychomotor activity and/or muscle tone, which may be associated with changes in consciousness, affect, and thinking. It is characterized by negativism, wax flexibility, catalepsy, mutism echolalia...

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Main Authors: R. Almeida Leite, A. Costa, J. Borges, J. Alcafache, A. Mesquita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2021-04-01
Series:European Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821020721/type/journal_article