A person with enteric fever who developed neuropsychiatric complication of catatonia after the fever subsided is presented. The catatonic symptoms were not associated with any depressive or psychotic symptoms. The relevant literature is discussed.

BACKGROUND Catatonia-like presentations in people with autism have been increasingly recognised within research and diagnostic guidelines. The recently developed Attenuated Behaviour Questionnaire has identified that attenuated behaviour [autistic catatonia] is very prevalent in people with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and associated with repetitive behaviour. In the current study, we inves...

Aim: The present study investigated the preventive effect and probable mechanism of ethanolic extract of Limonia acidissima (EELA) stem bark as compared to standard (L-dopa) in phenothiazine induced extra pyramidal side effects (catatonia) in experimental rats. The acute as well as chronic dose of chlorpromazine (CPZ) was administered to induce catatonia. Settings and Design: In case of acute s...

Catatonia is a syndrome of motor dysregulation characterized by fluctuating stupor, mutism, negativism, catalepsy, automatic obedience, and stereotypy. Other motor signs include gegenhalten, mitgehen, waxy flexibility, echophenomena, and ambitendency. The diagnosis requires two to four features. The pathophysiology of catatonia remains unclear but may involve dysfunction of frontal circuitry an...

Some patients with severe mental disorders are refractory to psychotherapeutic or psychopharmacological interventions. We present a patient who at the age of 19 developed several schizophrenia - suspect symptoms. Soon inexplicable general seizures where observed. He was treated with antipsychotics, but had two bouts of malignant neuroleptic syndrome. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) gave some sy...

CONTEXT Catatonia can be divided into non-malignant or malignant. The latter is characterized by autonomic instability, exhibiting high fever, tachycardia and hypertension, and is regarded as a fulminant and rapidly progressive subtype. CASE REPORT This article reports a case of malignant catatonia in a 43-year-old patient who had been presenting psychiatric disorders for the last three years...

Patients with autoimmune encephalitis (AE) are likely to exhibit an acute onset of severe psychiatric features, including psychosis and/or catatonia. Based on the high prevalence catatonia in AE and our clinical experience, we hypothesized that might be a marker severity requiring more aggressive treatment approaches. To reach sufficient number cases brain-autoimmune conditions, pooled two samp...

Objective: This article aims to describe the adaptation and translation process of the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale (BFCRS) and its reduced version, the Bush-Francis Catatonia Screening Instrument (BFCSI) for Brazilian Portuguese, as well as its validation. Methods: Semantic equivalence processes included four steps: translation, back translation, evaluation of semantic equivalence and...

Prader-Willi is a genetic disorder characterized by neonatal hypotonia, hyperphagia, short stature, hypogonadism, and mental delay. This disorder can result from multiple mechanisms, most commonly a deletion of paternal chromosome 15, leaving a single maternally derived chromosome 15. Individuals who have a maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 15 have a higher risk for developing psychosis...

They evaluated insomniac individuals only (none with dementia) and observed significant impairment of short-term memory and verbal learning by assessments done in days 1 and 7 after onset of drug administration. It should be considered that short-term studies may not result in full development of the therapeutic effects of a drug with the inconvenience of revealing first-hand, usually transient...