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ECT for lorazepam-refractory catatonia

P P Yeung1, R M Milstein, D C Daniels

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06519, USA.

Convulsive Therapy
|March 1, 1996
PubMed
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Catatonia treatment remains debated. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) effectively resolved catatonic symptoms in an adolescent, even after a limited response to lorazepam, suggesting ECT as a viable option.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Medicine

Background:

  • Catatonia presents diversely across psychiatric and systemic conditions.
  • Benzodiazepines are reportedly helpful, but definitive catatonia treatment is debated.