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Chapter 11 - The Use of ECT in the Treatment of Catatonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2019

By
Richard Braithwaite
Edited by
I. Nicol Ferrier  and
Jonathan Waite
I. Nicol Ferrier
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Jonathan Waite
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
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Summary

In the previous edition of The ECT Handbook (Waite & Easton, 2013), treatment of catatonia was covered in the chapter on schizophrenia. This was partly in keeping with the diagnostic classifications at the time (American Psychiatric Association (APA), 2000; World Health Organisation, 1992), which listed the syndrome as a subtype of schizophrenia. Current classification confirms that the treatment of catatonia, a syndrome of multiple aetiologies, should be considered in its own right.

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The ECT Handbook , pp. 85 - 95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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