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Catatonia Associated with Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

F. Falzon Aquilina  and
A. Dimech
F. Falzon Aquilina
Affiliation:
Dept. of Psychiatry, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
A. Dimech
Affiliation:
Dept. of Psychiatry, Mount Carmel Hospital, Attard, Malta

Abstract

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Introduction

The development of catatonia in a 38 year old Nigerian man suffering from schizophrenia was analyzed in terms of its bio-psycho-social model of disease.

Objectives

  1. 1. To highlight the presentation of catatonia specifier

  2. 2. To investigate the etiology of catatonia specifier

Aims

  1. 1. To utilize the bio-psycho-social model of disease in order to investigate the etiology of catatonia specifier

  2. 2. To highlight the treatment modalities of catatonia specifier

Methods

  1. 1. Interviewing the patient

  2. 2. Analysing all investigations and documentation made during multiple admissions to both psychiatric and medical hospitals.

  3. 3. Evaluating the response to various treatment modalities.

  4. 4. Carrying out literature reviews.

Results

Conclusions

Although the aetiology of catatonia specifier remain somewhat unclear even after many years of study, the bio-psycho-social model is nevertheless useful in understanding the development of this condition. The possible treatment modalities were also identified.

Type
Article: 1737
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 30 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2015 , pp. 1 - 2
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2015
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