title: Pregnancy and malignant catatonia.
abstract: The occurrence of malignant catatonia in pregnancy is a psychiatric emergency. In this article, we present the case of a pregnant woman with a first psychotic episode with catatonic features, autonomic abnormalities and elevated creatinine phosphokinase levels in the context of a severe adverse reaction to antipsychotic pharmacotherapy who had good responses to electroconvulsive therapy and lorazepam.
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychiatry Unit, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Mexico City 14269, Mexico. menadu2002@yahoo.com.mx
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Espínola-Nadurille
authors.forename: Jesus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Bermúdez
authors.forename: Gregory L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Fricchione
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002389:Catatonia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D018757:GABA Modulators / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008140:Lorazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D018757:GABA Modulators; D008140:Lorazepam