Reappearance of catatonia. A case report
Kocmur, M.; Vodopivec, Z.
Neuro Endocrinology Letters 27(1-2): 260-262
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0172-780X PMID: 16648780 Document Number: 9760
We describe a patient who was ill for more than 15 years. She was treated predominantly as a neurological case because of multiple motor signs. The diagnosis of catatonia was considered at the time when she was hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital after a suicidal attempt. The "therapeutic blindness", which was obviously present during 15 years of her illness, is discussed: the ICD--10 is perhaps misleading regarding this diagnosis while it associates it too tightly only to schizophrenia.
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