Treatment resistant non-catatonic mutism in schizophrenia responding to a combination of continuation electroconvulsive therapy and neuroleptics

Non-catatonic mutism in schizophrenia has been described less frequently in literature. We describe the case of a young male who presented with non-catatonic mutism, secondary to first rank symptoms, which was refractory to adequate antipsychotic trials (quetiapine, risperidone, aripiprazole, zipras...

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Published in:	Industrial Psychiatry Journal
Main Authors:	Sandeep Grover, Alakananda Dutt, Kaustav Chakrabarty, Vineet Kumar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Subjects:	Clozapine electroconvulsive therapy mutism
Online Access:	http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2012;volume=21;issue=1;spage=69;epage=71;aulast=Grover