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Use of ECT in Hysterical Catatonia

A Case Report and Discussion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

P. Dabholkar
P. Dabholkar*
Affiliation:
‘Suman-Clinic’, Moti Chowk, Satara, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract

Catatonia is now accepted as a non-specific syndrome. Hysteria can very rarely be a cause. A case of hysterical catatonia developing twice in a year, and on both occasions responding to ECT, is presented. Initial diagnostic difficulties, and use of the sodium pentothal interview as a diagnostic test, are also described.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue 2 , August 1988 , pp. 246 - 247
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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