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Marion Leboyer, Flávio Kapczinski, S. Nassir Ghaemi, Eduard Vieta, Lena Brundin , et al. · 2023

The psychological and subjective experience of catatonia: a qualitative study Open

Zukiswa Zingela, Louise Stroud, Johan Cronje, Max Fink, Stephan van Wyk · 2022

Background Catatonia is a severe psychomotor disorder that presents as abnormality of movement which may also be excessive or severely slowed. It often inhibits communication when protracted or severe. In this study we investigated the emo…

A prospective descriptive study on prevalence of catatonia and correlates in an acute mental health unit in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa Open

Zukiswa Zingela, Louise Stroud, Johan Cronje, Max Fink, Stephan van Wyk · 2022

Catatonia is a psychomotor abnormality caused by neurological, medical or severe psychiatric disorders and substances. Its prevalence ranges from less than 10% to just above 60%. Diagnosis may be influenced by the screening tools used. Scr…

Management and outcomes of catatonia: A prospective study in urban South Africa Open

Zukiswa Zingela, Louise Stroud, Johan Cronje, Max Fink, Stephan van Wyk · 2022

Objectives: Rapid intervention for catatonia with benzodiazepines and electroconvulsive therapy can prevent fatal complications. We describe the management and treatment response of 44 patients with catatonia in a psychiatric unit in urban…

Assessment of catatonia and inter-rater reliability of three instruments: a descriptive study Open

Zukiswa Zingela, Louise Stroud, Johan Cronje, Max Fink, Stephan van Wyk · 2021

Assessment of Catatonia and Inter-Rater Reliability of Three Instruments: A Descriptive Study in an Acute Mental Health Unit in Urban South Africa Open

Z. Zingela, Louise Stroud, Johan Cronje, Max Fink, Stephan van Wyk · 2021

BackgroundClinical assessment of catatonia includes the use of diagnostic systems, like the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5 (DSM-5) and International Classification of Disease Manual 10 (ICD-10), or screening tools such as the Bush Fra…

Assessment of Catatonia and Inter-Rater Reliability of Three Instruments: A Descriptive Study in an Acute Mental Health Unit in Urban South Africa Open

Z. Zingela, Louise Stroud, Johan Cronje, Max Fink, Stephan van Wyk · 2021

BackgroundClinical assessment of catatonia includes the use of diagnostic systems, like the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5 (DSM-5) and International Classification of Disease Manual 10 (ICD-10), or screening tools such as the Bush Fra…

Protocol for a prospective descriptive prevalence study of catatonia in an acute mental health unit in urban South Africa Open

Zukiswa Zingela, Louise Stroud, Johan Cronje, Max Fink, Stephanus van Wyk · 2020

Introduction Catatonia arises from serious mental, medical, neurological or toxic conditions. The prevalence range depends on the setting and the range is anything from 7% to 63% in other countries. South African prevalence rates are curre…

Expanding the Catatonia Tent Open

Max Fink · 2020

Catatonia is a motor and mood disorder of behavior increasingly recognized in systemic medically ill. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, delirious mania, self injurious behaviors in autism, and limbic encephalitis are conditions in which ECT-…

The Madness of Fear: A History of Catatonia Open

Edward Shorter, Max Fink · 2018

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Catatonia Before Kahlbaum 3. Karl Kahlbaum 4. Emil Kraepelin 5. Eugen Bleuler 6. Kidnapped! 7. Psychology 8. Delirious Mania and Febrile Catatonia 9. The Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome 10. Symptoms and Diagnoses …

Barbara Fish, MD Open

Max Fink · 2016

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Anne Leadholm, Katherine L. Musliner, Rugül Köse Çınar, Satoshi Yoshinaga, Aroldo Dargél , et al. · 2015

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