title: [Catatonia is often overlooked in child and adolescent psychiatry].
abstract: Catatonia is a common but often overlooked motor syndrome in child and adolescent psychiatry. It is characterized by a variety of symptoms, most often excitement, immobility, stupor, catalepsy, grimacing, echolalia, echopraxia, stereotypies, mannerisms, logorrhoea, verbigeration, negativism, staring and withdrawal. This case report illustrates how a 17-year-old man was diagnosed with catatonia after one year of repeating psychiatric care. The catatonic symptoms decreased significantly after a short period of lorazepam administration.
authors.affiliation: anne.katrine.pagsberg@regionh.dk.
authors.forename: Nicola Hvidt
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Ballin
authors.forename: Anne Katrine
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Pagsberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D002389:Catatonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D008140:Lorazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D008140:Lorazepam