Catatonia: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Catatonia: clinical features. Retarded catatonia: this is more frequent. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Classification
- Retarded catatonia: this is more frequent
- Excited catatonia: malignant or lethal catatonia
Clinical features of retarded catatonia
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Clinical features of excited catatonia
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Diagnostic criteria: ≥3
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Complications
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Complications
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Differential diagnosis
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References
- Rasmussen SA, Mazurek MF, Rosebush PI. Catatonia: our current understanding of its diagnosis, treatment and pathophysiology. World J Psychiatry 2016; 6:391-398.
- Rogers JP, Oldham MA, Fricchione G, et al. Evidence-based consensus guidelines for the management of catatonia: Recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology. J Psychopharmacol 2023; 37:327-369.
- Rosebush PI, MacQueen GM, Clarke JT, Callahan JW, Strasberg PM, Mazurek MF. Late-onset Tay-Sachs disease presenting as catatonic schizophrenia: diagnostic and treatment issues. J Clin Psychiatry 1995; 56:347-353.
