OBJECTIVE: The authors assess the present position of catatonia in diagnostic classification
systems and consider the merits of designating catatonia as a separate diagnostic category …

Catatonia is a syndrome that has been associated with several mental illness disorders but
that has also presented as a result of other medical conditions. Schizophrenia and other …

The British Association for Psychopharmacology developed an evidence-based consensus
guideline on the management of catatonia. A group of international experts from a wide …

Catatonia is an independent syndrome that co-occurs with several mental and medical
conditions. We performed a systematic literature review in PubMed/Scopus until February …

Abstract In 1874, Karl Kahlbaum described catatonia as an independent syndrome
characterized by motor, affective, and behavioral anomalies. In the following years, various …

Objective Catatonia, a disorder of movement and mood, was described and named in 1874.
Other observers quickly made the same recognition. By the turn of the century, however …

Despite the inclusion of catatonia as a specifier of autism spectrum disorder in DSM-5, we—
a team of child and adolescent neuropsychiatrists who specialise in paediatric catatonia and …

Catatonia is a motor dysregulation syndrome described by Karl Kahlbaum in 1874. He
understood catatonia as a disease of its own. Others quickly recognized it among diverse …

Catatonia, long viewed as a motor disorder, may be better understood as a fear response,
akin to the animal defense strategy tonic immobility (after GG Gallup & JD Maser, 1977). This …

Aim A growing body of literature has demonstrated the utility of a dimensional perspective
on mental disorders. The current study aims to determine the psychometric properties of the …