Catatonia: A Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment

by Max Fink and Michael Alan Taylor

Book Overview

Catatonia is a syndrome of motor dysregulation found in as many as 10% of acutely ill psychiatric in-patients. Treatments are well defined and catatonia has an excellent prognosis when they are used. Two leading neuropsychiatrists describe the features of catatonia; teach the reader how to identify and treat the syndrome successfully; and describe its neurobiology. Patient case histories from the authors' clinical practices, as well as from classical literature, illustrate the principles of diagnosing and treating patients.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521032369
• ISBN13: 9780521032360
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"