Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: The catatonic dilemma expan. | Annals of General Psychiatry BioMed Central Review The catatonic dilemma expanded Heath R Penland Natalie Weder and Rajesh RTampi Open Access Address Department of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT USA Email Heath R Penland - heathpenlandmd@ Natalie Weder - Rajesh RTampi - Corresponding author Published 07 September 2006 Received 21 February 2006 . --. J . rnxz r I Accepted 07 September 2006 Annals of General Psychiatry 2006 5 14 doi l744-859X-5-l4 This article is available from http content 5 l l4 2006 Penland et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Catatonia is a common syndrome that was first described in the literature by Karl Kahlbaum in 1874. The literature is still developing and remains unclear on many issues especially classification diagnosis and pathophysiology. Clinicians caring for psychiatric patients with catatonic syndromes continue to face many dilemmas in diagnosis and treatment. We discuss many of the common problems encountered in the care of a catatonic patient and discuss each problem with a review of the literature. Focus is on practical aspects of classification epidemiology differential diagnosis treatment medical comorbidity cognition emotion prognosis and areas for future research in catatonic syndromes. Background Catatonic syndromes embody the practice of psychiatry as well as any other psychiatric diagnosis. Catatonia presents commonly in psychiatric patients in both acute and longterm settings. Despite its common occurrence catatonia remains a poorly understood poorly studied and poorly-recognized syndrome presenting with a variety of psychiatric and
