[Severe catatonic schizophrenia in a 17-year-old adolescent].
OBJECTIVE
Catatonic symptoms in children and adolescents have not been well investigated and there are hardly any evaluated recommendations for treatment. The present report deals with the course of disease and the therapy of a severe case of catatonic schizophrenia.


METHODS
Reported is the case of a 17-year-old-girl suffering from severe, life-threatening catatonic schizophrenia.


RESULTS
Following unsuccessful pre-treatment, medication with clozapine markedly improved the pathology.


CONCLUSIONS
Further investigations and case reports about the course of disease and the therapy of the uncommon clinical picture of sever catatonic schizophrenia in children and adolescents are necessary.
Abteilung Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie im Kindes- und Jugendalter des Universitätsklinikums Freiburg. barbara.sixt@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Barbara
B
Sixt
Claas
C
van Aaken
Klaus
K
Hennighausen
Christian
C
Fleischhaker
Eberhard
E
Schulz
D000293:Adolescent; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003024:Clozapine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012560:Schizophrenia, Catatonic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D003024:Clozapine