Catatonia in mixed alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal

Catatonia is mostly caused by different neuropsychiatric conditions. We report a case of a 30 year old man suffering from both alcohol and benzodiazepine dependence who exhibited catatonic features soon after stopping the intake of substances. This case will help clinicians to recognize catatonic fe...

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Autores principales: Basu, Aniruddha, Jagtiani, Amit, Gupta, Rajiv
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4231560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25422571
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.142449
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description Catatonia is mostly caused by different neuropsychiatric conditions. We report a case of a 30 year old man suffering from both alcohol and benzodiazepine dependence who exhibited catatonic features soon after stopping the intake of substances. This case will help clinicians to recognize catatonic features within the varied symptomatology of substance withdrawal and thereby helping in its early diagnosis and management.
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spelling pubmed-42315602014-11-24 Catatonia in mixed alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal Basu, Aniruddha Jagtiani, Amit Gupta, Rajiv J Pharmacol Pharmacother Case Report Catatonia is mostly caused by different neuropsychiatric conditions. We report a case of a 30 year old man suffering from both alcohol and benzodiazepine dependence who exhibited catatonic features soon after stopping the intake of substances. This case will help clinicians to recognize catatonic features within the varied symptomatology of substance withdrawal and thereby helping in its early diagnosis and management. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4231560/ /pubmed/25422571 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.142449 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Catatonia in mixed alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal
title Catatonia in mixed alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4231560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25422571
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