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Catatonia Development in a Schizoaffective Patient following Electroconvulsive Therapy

Jamal Shams, Behrouz Rahmani, Farzad Asefi, Shahram Daneshfar

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: Catatonia is a syndrome that can be treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Hence, onset of catatonia during treatment of patients with ECT is not expected. In this manuscript, a schizoaffective disorder patient with a positive history of traumatic brain injury and no consumption of benzodiazepines is being reported, who became catatonic during ECT. Declaration of interest: None

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: Catatonia is a syndrome that can be treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Hence, onset of catatonia during treatment of patients with ECT is not expected. In this manuscript, a schizoaffective disorder patient with a positive history of traumatic brain injury and no consumption of benzodiazepines is being reported, who became catatonic during ECT. Declaration of interest: None

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: Catatonia is a syndrome that can be treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Hence, onset of catatonia during treatment of patients with ECT is not expected. In this manuscript, a schizoaffective disorder patient with a positive history of traumatic brain injury and no consumption of benzodiazepines is being reported, who became catatonic during ECT. Declaration of interest: None

Key concepts: Catatonia, Electroconvulsive therapy, Schizoaffective disorder, Psychiatry, Medicine, Psychology, Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming), Psychosis

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