Severe Relapsing Clozapine-Withdrawal Catatonia

Case Reports in Psychiatry
Tarek ShahrourTaoufik Alsaadi

Abstract

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.

References

Oct 27, 1997·Annals of Clinical Psychiatry : Official Journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists·J W Lee, S Robertson

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Jun 18, 2016·Case Reports in Psychiatry·Jonathan G Leung, Brian A Palmer
Jul 7, 2018·Journal of Medical Case Reports·Elisabeth Doran, John D Sheehan

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