[Akinetic catatonia and antidepressants].
Acute akinetic catatonic syndromes three adult male patients suffered from within the chronic evolution of a schizophrenia are discussed. Cases were treated with tricyclical antidepressants, intravenously applied, thus causing the psychomotor symptoms to rapidly disappear. The success of an antidepressant treatment when such presenting problem is at stake leads the author to speculate about the production mechanisms of this problem at the different organization levels of personality.
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Hospital Nacional Neuropsiquiátrico Dr. José T. Borda, Servicio n0 15. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
D000328:Adult; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002389:Catatonia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic
Catatonia acinética y antidepresivos.