Catatonia: a Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment |
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| Author:
| Fink, Max
Taylor, Michael Alan |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-16259-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2003 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $234.00 |
Book Description:
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Catatonia is a syndrome of motor dysregulation found in as many as 10 per cent of acutely ill psychiatric in-patients. Treatments are well defined and catatonia has an excellent prognosis when they are used. Two leading neuropsychiatrists describe the features of catatonia; teach the reader how to identify and treat the syndrome successfully; and describe its neurobiology. Patient case histories from the authors' clinical practices, as well as from classical literature, illustrate the...
More DescriptionCatatonia is a syndrome of motor dysregulation found in as many as 10 per cent of acutely ill psychiatric in-patients. Treatments are well defined and catatonia has an excellent prognosis when they are used. Two leading neuropsychiatrists describe the features of catatonia; teach the reader how to identify and treat the syndrome successfully; and describe its neurobiology. Patient case histories from the authors' clinical practices, as well as from classical literature, illustrate the principles of diagnosing and treating patients.