Response of catatonia to risperidone: two case reports.
The present study describes two patients, both of Yemenite origin, with catatonic schizophrenia who responded to treatment with risperidone. One had a long history of psychiatric disorder, whereas the other was a first-episode, drug-naive patient. Our observation agrees with previous reports on the use of risperidone and other novel neuroleptic agents in the treatment of catatonia of different etiologies.
Valevski
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Geha Psychiatric Hospital and Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Loebl
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Keren
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Bodinger
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Weizman
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D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002389:Catatonia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018967:Risperidone / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D018967:Risperidone