TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief report
T2 - Electroconvulsive therapy for malignant catatonia in an autistic adolescent
AU - Wachtel, Lee Elizabeth
AU - Griffin, Margaret Merrie
AU - Dhossche, Dirk Marcel
AU - Reti, Irving Michael
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - A 14-year-old male with autism and mild mental retardation developed malignant catatonia characterized by classic symptoms of catatonia, bradycardia and hypothermia. Bilateral electroconvulsive therapy and lorazepam were required for resolution. The case expands the occurrence of catatonia in autism into its malignant variant.
AB - A 14-year-old male with autism and mild mental retardation developed malignant catatonia characterized by classic symptoms of catatonia, bradycardia and hypothermia. Bilateral electroconvulsive therapy and lorazepam were required for resolution. The case expands the occurrence of catatonia in autism into its malignant variant.
KW - autism
KW - electroconvulsive therapy
KW - malignant catatonia
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U2 - 10.1177/1362361309350135
DO - 10.1177/1362361309350135
M3 - Article
C2 - 20591959
AN - SCOPUS:77954380101
SN - 1362-3613
VL - 14
SP - 349
EP - 358
JO - Autism
JF - Autism
IS - 4
ER -