• Title of article

    Multifactorial organic etiological agents causing catatonia: A learning experience

  • Author/Authors

    Halder, Ajay Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research Hospital - India , Biswas, Abhinanda Department of General Medicine - India

  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    301
  • To page
    303
  • Abstract
    Catatonia is a well-known neuropsychiatric clinical condition. The most common cause of catatonia is psychiatric illnesses like schizophrenia and depression. The important clinical features of catatonia are ambitendency, automatic obedience, catalepsy, echolalia, echopraxia, rigidity, posturing, etc., Several organic causes are also responsible for catatonic symptoms, which we don't keep in our mind in our day-to-day practice. Here, we described case series of catatonia that are related to organic etiological factor.
  • Keywords
    Catatonia , investigation , posturing , rigidity
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Serial Year
    2015
  • Record number

    2477458