Prevalence and symptomatology of catatonia in elderly patients referred to a consultation-liaison psychiatry service.
CONCLUSIONS: Routine psychiatric history and examination are likely sufficient to elicit catatonic signs in a consultation-liaison setting. Standardised screening examination may be more suited for conducting research or for use when examining for catatonia in psychiatric inpatient settings.
PMID: 26400451 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australasian Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kaelle J, Abujam A, Ediriweera H, Macfarlane MD Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research
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