Zolpidem for Catatonia Refractory to Benzodiazepines in Resource-Limited Settings
Aims: Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by a paucity of movement and speech. Benzodiazepines are the mainstay of treatment for catatonia, but a subset of patients do not respond. While electroconvulsive therapy is another treatment option for catatonia, access can be limited. Th...
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| description | Aims: Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by a paucity of movement and speech. Benzodiazepines are the mainstay of treatment for catatonia, but a subset of patients do not respond. While electroconvulsive therapy is another treatment option for catatonia, access can be limited. This case report discusses the use of zolpidem, a hypnotic non-benzodiazepine GABA-A receptor modulator, in a patient with benzodiazepine-resistant catatonia. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f1bd287d74ca4c5ab02db0529df7516e2025-08-20T03:32:55ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S303S30310.1192/bjo.2025.10730Zolpidem for Catatonia Refractory to Benzodiazepines in Resource-Limited SettingsHolly Hodge0Shaikh Ullahansari1Blake Berry2Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, USATexas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, USAJohn Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, USAAims: Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by a paucity of movement and speech. Benzodiazepines are the mainstay of treatment for catatonia, but a subset of patients do not respond. While electroconvulsive therapy is another treatment option for catatonia, access can be limited. This case report discusses the use of zolpidem, a hypnotic non-benzodiazepine GABA-A receptor modulator, in a patient with benzodiazepine-resistant catatonia.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425107308/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Holly Hodge Shaikh Ullahansari Blake Berry Zolpidem for Catatonia Refractory to Benzodiazepines in Resource-Limited Settings BJPsych Open |
| title | Zolpidem for Catatonia Refractory to Benzodiazepines in Resource-Limited Settings |
| title_full | Zolpidem for Catatonia Refractory to Benzodiazepines in Resource-Limited Settings |
| title_fullStr | Zolpidem for Catatonia Refractory to Benzodiazepines in Resource-Limited Settings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Zolpidem for Catatonia Refractory to Benzodiazepines in Resource-Limited Settings |
| title_short | Zolpidem for Catatonia Refractory to Benzodiazepines in Resource-Limited Settings |
| title_sort | zolpidem for catatonia refractory to benzodiazepines in resource limited settings |
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