title: Stupor: a review of 25 cases.
abstract: Twenty-five cases of stupor referred to a psychiatric teaching hospital over 15 years are reviewed. Ten cases presented with a depressive syndrome, four cases with catatonic phenomena and a further 10 cases with established organic aetiology; one case was considered to be psychogenic in origin. The overall mortality was high (16%), attributable to the basic pathology. Compared with earlier series there was a reduction in cases with catatonic features with a corresponding increase in the proportion of organic cases.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002389:Catatonia / Q000150:complications; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012560:Schizophrenia, Catatonic / Q000150:complications; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications