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DSM-IV catatonic features among psychiatric inpatients: a preliminary study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

P Oulis
Affiliation:
Athens University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, 74, Vas Sophias, Avenue 11528, Athens, Greece
L Lykouras
Affiliation:
Athens University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, 74, Vas Sophias, Avenue 11528, Athens, Greece
V Tomaras
Affiliation:
Athens University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, 74, Vas Sophias, Avenue 11528, Athens, Greece
V Panayotopoulou
Affiliation:
Athens University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, 74, Vas Sophias, Avenue 11528, Athens, Greece
R Gournellis
Affiliation:
Athens University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, 74, Vas Sophias, Avenue 11528, Athens, Greece
C Stefanis
Affiliation:
Athens University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, 74, Vas Sophias, Avenue 11528, Athens, Greece
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Summary

We studied DSM-IV catatonic features in 120 psychiatric inpatients with a main diagnosis of acute psychotic, affective or cognitive disorder. Individual catatonic features were highly intercorrelated, although diagnostically nonspecific. A single factor, accounting for 85% of the variance, was extracted and interpreted as representing both types (excited and retarded) of catatonic syndrome.

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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1997

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