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Organic Factors in Catatonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

James A. Wilcox  and
Henry A. Nasrallah
James A. Wilcox*
Affiliation:
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Henry A. Nasrallah
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Ohio State University
*
Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Abstract

A retrospective case-control study was performed using the records of 59 catatonies, 59 non-catatonic schizophrenies, 59 manies, 59 depressives and 59 surgical Controls. The findings suggest that prior brain injury and physical illness at onset of psychosis are much more common in subjects with catatonia. While these findings do not account for all cases of catatonia, they may indicate an aetiology for some phenotypic cases of catatonia.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 6 , December 1986 , pp. 782 - 784
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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