Catatonia in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Name: Catatonia in Autism Spectrum Disorders
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ISBN: 9780123668738

ISBN-10: 0123668735

ISBN-13: 9780123668738

Edition: 72nd 2006

Authors: Dirk Marcel Dhossche, Masataka Ohta, Klaus-Jurgen Neumarker, Dirk Marcel Dhossche

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The study of catatonia in Autism Spectrum Disorders is a novel and controversial topic. Catatonia is a motor disorder characterized by stereotypy, rigidity, mutism, and posturing. These motor signs are also characteristic of autism. The interest in the relation between autism and catatonia stems from clinical observations that autistic and catatonic symptoms overlap, that some people with autism develop full-blown catatonia, and that anti-catatonic treatments bring relief in some of those patients. This book explores the question of if the two syndromes have a common pathophysiology. It also examines whether the successful treatment of catatonia be applied to patients with both autism and…

Book details

List price: $240.00
Edition: 72nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 3/14/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.37" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English




Classification


Classification matters for Catatonia and Autism in children


A systematic study of catatonia-like clinical pictures in autism spectrum disorders


Catatonia in individuals with autism spectrum disorders in adolescence and early adulthood: A long-term prospective study


Are autistic and catatonic regression related? A few working hypotheses involving GABA, Purkinje cell survival, neurogenesis, and ECT



Assessment Psychomotor development and psychopathology in childhood


The importance of catatonia and stereotypies in autistic spectrum disorders


Prader Willi Syndrome: Atypical psychoses and motor dysfunctions


Towards a valid nosography and psychopathology of catatonia in children and adolescents


Is there a common neuronal basis for autism and catatonia? Shared susceptibility region on chromosome 15 between autism and catatonia



Treatment Current tends in behavioral interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders in the United States


Case-reports with a child psychiatric exploration of catatonia, autism, and delirium


ECT and the Youth - Catatonia in context


Catatonia in autistic spectrum disorders: A medical treatment algorithm


Non-medical approaches to chronic catatonia-like deterioration in autism spectrum disorders



Blueprints Blueprints for the assessment, treatment, and future study of catatonia in autism spectrum disorders