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Missed Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder with Catatonia Features
Catatonia is often a presentation of extreme anxiety and depression. Missing the diagnosis of catatonia would lead to improper treatment, which could be life-threatening. A thorough physical and psychiatric assessment is required for detecting the catatonic symptoms, especially, mutism and negativis...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406932/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30717321 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9020031 |
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author | Jhawer, Harry Sidhu, Meesha Patel, Rikinkumar S. |
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description | Catatonia is often a presentation of extreme anxiety and depression. Missing the diagnosis of catatonia would lead to improper treatment, which could be life-threatening. A thorough physical and psychiatric assessment is required for detecting the catatonic symptoms, especially, mutism and negativism in patients with depression. We discuss the case of a 58-year-old female that was incorrectly diagnosed and treated for major depressive disorder (MDD). The patient was then correctly diagnosed with MDD with catatonic features and improved once benzodiazepine (BZD) was started. The preferred BZD was lorazepam, with a success rate of complete remission of up to 80% in adults. Treatment was started with lorazepam 1–2 mg and improvement was seen within the first ten minutes. We believed the addition of BZD in a psychotropic regimen could improve both catatonia and depression, and should be continued for 3–6 months to prevent relapses and recurrences. |
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spelling | pubmed-64069322019-03-13 Missed Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder with Catatonia Features Jhawer, Harry Sidhu, Meesha Patel, Rikinkumar S. Brain Sci Case Report Catatonia is often a presentation of extreme anxiety and depression. Missing the diagnosis of catatonia would lead to improper treatment, which could be life-threatening. A thorough physical and psychiatric assessment is required for detecting the catatonic symptoms, especially, mutism and negativism in patients with depression. We discuss the case of a 58-year-old female that was incorrectly diagnosed and treated for major depressive disorder (MDD). The patient was then correctly diagnosed with MDD with catatonic features and improved once benzodiazepine (BZD) was started. The preferred BZD was lorazepam, with a success rate of complete remission of up to 80% in adults. Treatment was started with lorazepam 1–2 mg and improvement was seen within the first ten minutes. We believed the addition of BZD in a psychotropic regimen could improve both catatonia and depression, and should be continued for 3–6 months to prevent relapses and recurrences. MDPI 2019-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6406932/ /pubmed/30717321 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9020031 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Jhawer, Harry Sidhu, Meesha Patel, Rikinkumar S. Missed Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder with Catatonia Features |
title | Missed Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder with Catatonia Features |
title_full | Missed Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder with Catatonia Features |
title_fullStr | Missed Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder with Catatonia Features |
title_full_unstemmed | Missed Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder with Catatonia Features |
title_short | Missed Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder with Catatonia Features |
title_sort | missed diagnosis of major depressive disorder with catatonia features |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406932/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30717321 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9020031 |
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