Catatonia in adolescents: series of 12 inpatients.
Tunis Med
; 93(8-9): 553-5, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Catatonia is one of the most severe psychiatric syndromes that might be caused by many medical as well as psychiatric conditions. Catatonia in adolescents is rare and largely understudied.AIMS:
This papers aims to examine cases of catatonia among adolescent psychiatric inpatients, and to scrutinize both the etiologies and the management options.METHODS:
A retrospective descriptive study involving all cases of catatonia among adolescents admitted to the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Razi Hospital - Manouba - Tunisia between January 2006 and December 2013. Catatonia was confirmed by Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale. Medical records were examined for gender, age, clinical presentation, medical or psychiatric diagnosis as well as management. Psychiatric diagnoses were made according to the DSM-IV criteria.RESULTS:
Our series consisted of 12 cases, aged between 12 and 16 with a sex ratio male/female of 0.5. Catatonia was due to a medical condition in three cases and to a psychiatric disorder in the other nine cases. Psychiatric diagnoses included manic episode (n=3), major depressive episode (n=2), schizophrenia (n=2), pervasive developmental disorder (n=1) and conversion disorder (n=1).CONCLUSION:
Catatonia is rare yet life-threatening. Careful and thorough examination is needed to determine the etiological disorder, on which depend both treatment and prognosis.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Catatonia
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Hospitalización
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Tunis Med
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article