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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| author | Tarek Shahrour Muez Siddiq Saad Ghalib Taoufik Alsaadi |
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| description | 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 intermittent which we think was caused by the poor adherence to antipsychotics. The importance of identifying such cases early is underlined. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-64d11bbe19aa4bf1853a30ec11dfca962025-02-03T06:08:18ZengWileyCase Reports in Psychiatry2090-682X2090-68382015-01-01201510.1155/2015/606853606853Severe Relapsing Clozapine-Withdrawal CatatoniaTarek Shahrour0Muez Siddiq1Saad Ghalib2Taoufik Alsaadi3Department of Psychiatry, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, P.O. Box 51900, Abu Dhabi, UAEDepartment of Psychiatry, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, P.O. Box 51900, Abu Dhabi, UAEDepartment of Psychiatry, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, P.O. Box 51900, Abu Dhabi, UAEDepartment of Neurology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, P.O. Box 51900, Abu Dhabi, UAECatatonia 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 intermittent which we think was caused by the poor adherence to antipsychotics. The importance of identifying such cases early is underlined.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/606853 |
| spellingShingle | Tarek Shahrour Muez Siddiq Saad Ghalib Taoufik Alsaadi Severe Relapsing Clozapine-Withdrawal Catatonia Case Reports in Psychiatry |
| title | Severe Relapsing Clozapine-Withdrawal Catatonia |
| title_full | Severe Relapsing Clozapine-Withdrawal Catatonia |
| title_fullStr | Severe Relapsing Clozapine-Withdrawal Catatonia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Severe Relapsing Clozapine-Withdrawal Catatonia |
| title_short | Severe Relapsing Clozapine-Withdrawal Catatonia |
| title_sort | severe relapsing clozapine withdrawal catatonia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/606853 |
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