title: Severe Relapsing Clozapine-Withdrawal Catatonia.
abstract: Catatonia as a clozapine-withdrawal syndrome has only been documented in the medical literature as case reports. We are reporting a case in which a 32-year-old man develops a catatonic state upon withdrawal of clozapine. The state was quite severe and needed ICU admission. The course was chronic and intermittent which we think was caused by the poor adherence to antipsychotics. The importance of identifying such cases early is underlined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, P.O. Box 51900, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
authors.forename: Tarek
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shahrour
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, P.O. Box 51900, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
authors.forename: Muez
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siddiq
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, P.O. Box 51900, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
authors.forename: Saad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghalib
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, P.O. Box 51900, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
authors.forename: Taoufik
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7513-5706
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alsaadi