Catatonic Stupor and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
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There are a number of causes for stupor and catatonic schizophrenia is one of the important ones (Gelenberg 1976). Neurological disorders (Plum 1972; Penn et al 1972), metabolic conditions including psychotomimetic agents such as mescaline and phencyclidine, ethyl alcohol and amphetamine (Gatewood et al 1975, Jaffe 1967), and pharmacological agents include aspirin, ACTH, and neuroleptics (Weinberger and Kelly 1978) produce a catatonic state. Therefore, catatonia is not always due to a functional psychiatric disorder and thus does not imply an automatic diagnosis of schizophrenia.
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