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01-04-2019 | Clinical Case Studies

Catatonia in Dual Diagnosis: a Case Report

Authors: Suet Kee Ong, Francesco Piacenza, Barkat Masood

Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction | Issue 2/2019

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Catatonia is a syndrome resulting in both severe motor and speech disturbances. Catatonia in a dual diagnosis of cannabis dependence and depressive disorder is presented. A 28-year-old male, who had background diagnoses of cannabis dependence and moderate depressive episode, was admitted involuntarily to a psychiatry unit due to aggressiveness. A diagnosis of catatonia was made (Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale score = 19/69). Routine blood profile, CT scan brain, anti-NMDA, anti-potassium channel and anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) antibodies were all normal. He was treated with lorazepam. His symptoms resolved completely after 5 days.

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Title: Catatonia in Dual Diagnosis: a Case Report
Authors: Suet Kee Ong
Francesco Piacenza
Barkat Masood
Publication date: 01-04-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 1557-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1882
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-018-0031-5

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