Catatonic Signs in Schizophrenia

Photometrazol sensitivity in catatonic schizophrenia.

Prevalence of catatonic signs in acute psychiatric patients

Kahlbaum characterised catatonia as a specific disturbance in motor functioning which represents a phase in a progressive illness that includes stages of mania, depression and psychosis that typically ends in dementia. Kraepelin incorporated features of catatonia into his concept of dementia praecox and Bleuler, under the heading of catatonic symptoms, gave the fullest account of schizophrenic ...

Deficit in decision making in catatonic schizophrenia: an exploratory study.

Catatonic schizophrenia can be distinguished from paranoid schizophrenia by prominent behavioral and motor anomalies. As demonstrated in recent imaging studies, behavioral symptoms may be related to dysfunction in the ventral prefrontal cortex. However, the neuropsychological correlates of ventral prefrontal cortical dysfunction remain unclear. In an exploratory study, we investigated eight pat...

Cortical sulcal enlargement in catatonic schizophrenia: a planimetric CT study.

To determine whether patients with catatonic schizophrenia have specific alterations in brain morphology, internal (ventricles) and external (frontal, temporal, parieto-occipital) components of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces were examined morphometrically. Planimetric measurements of computed tomographic (CT) scans from 37 patients with catatonic schizophrenia, 28 patients with hebephreni...

Prevalence of Catatonic Schizophrenia Symptoms in a Psychiatric Hospital: A Retrospective Study

Background: Catatonia occurs as a complication of various medical and psychological illnesses that can be treated when diagnosed. Despite the high incidence of catatonia, the problem is poorly recognized. This study aimed at investigating the prevalence of catatonia and related factors in its diagnosis within a five year period in hospitalized patients of Zareh Psychiatric Center, Sari, Iran us...