Severe Relapsing Clozapine-Withdrawal Catatonia

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...

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Main Authors: Tarek Shahrour, Muez Siddiq, Saad Ghalib, Taoufik Alsaadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Psychiatry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/606853