title: Brief report: Electroconvulsive therapy for malignant catatonia in an autistic adolescent.
abstract: A 14-year-old male with autism and mild mental retardation developed malignant catatonia characterized by classic symptoms of catatonia, bradycardia and hypothermia. Bilateral electroconvulsive therapy and lorazepam were required for resolution. The case expands the occurrence of catatonia in autism into its malignant variant.
authors.affiliation: Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. wachtel@kennedykrieger.org
authors.forename: Lee Elizabeth
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Wachtel
authors.forename: Margaret Merrie
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: Dirk Marcel
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Dhossche
authors.forename: Irving Michael
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Reti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D002389:Catatonia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome