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Benzodiazepines can provide a favorable therapeutic response in patients presenting with catatonia.
Lorazepam may resolve catatonia in isolated cases; Level 5 evidence leaves open the need for controlled trials before broader adoption.
Catatonia is a potentially treatable neuropsychiatric syndrome less commonly encountered in developed countries these days. This review presents a case of a 19-year-old male with catatonic signs and symptoms compounded within a spectrum of a mood disorder, as well as literature review of the current treatment guidelines for this condition. There was no structural brain lesion or abnormality on cranial magnetic resonance imaging. The patient demonstrated favorable therapeutic response to benzodiazepine. This report discusses the management approach for catatonia through the case illustration, in an attempt to improve awareness and prompt recognition of this important disorder among physicians in Oman.
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Sinawi et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Catatonia (n=1). Lorazepam was evaluated on Resolution of catatonic symptoms.
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