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By
Dirk Dhossche, Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA
Included in series
International Review of Neurobiology,
Description
The study of catatonia in Autism Spectrum Disorders is a novel and controversial topic. Catatonia is a motor disorder characterized by
stereotypy, rigidity, mutism, and posturing. These motor signs are also characteristic of autism. The interest in the relation between
autism and catatonia stems from clinical observations that autistic and catatonic symptoms overlap, that some people with autism develop
full-blown catatonia, and that anti-catatonic treatments bring relief in some of those patients.
This book explores the question of
if the two syndromes have a common pathophysiology. It also examines whether the successful treatment of catatonia be applied to patients
with both autism and catatonia. The book concludes with blueprints for the assessment, treatment, and future study of catatonia in Autism
Spectrum Disorders. These blueprints aim to increase early recognition and treatment of catatonia in patients with autism, show the urgency
of controlled treatment trials and increased collaborative and interdisciplinary research into the co-occurrence of these two enigmatic
disorders.
Audience
Neurologists, neurosurgeons, and other neuroscientists who are dedicated to research into autism and catatonia.
Contents
Section I. Classification
Classification matters for Catatonia and Autism in children.
A systematic study of catatonia-like clinical pictures
in autism spectrum disorders.
Catatonia in individuals with autism spectrum disorders in adolescence and early adulthood: A long-term
prospective study.
Are autistic and catatonic regression related? A few working hypotheses involving GABA, Purkinje cell survival, neurogenesis,
and ECT.
Section II. Assessment
Psychomotor development and psychopathology in childhood.
The importance of catatonia and stereotypies
in autistic spectrum disorders.
Prader Willi Syndrome: Atypical psychoses and motor dysfunctions.
Towards a valid nosography and psychopathology
of catatonia in children and adolescents.
Is there a common neuronal basis for autism and catatonia?
Shared susceptibility region on
chromosome 15 between autism and catatonia.
Section III. Treatment
Current tends in behavioral interventions for children with autism
spectrum disorders in the United States.
Case-reports with a child psychiatric exploration of catatonia, autism, and delirium.
ECT and
the Youth - Catatonia in context.
Catatonia in autistic spectrum disorders: A medical treatment algorithm.
Non-medical approaches to
chronic catatonia-like deterioration in autism spectrum disorders.
Section IV. Blueprints
Blueprints for the assessment, treatment, and
future study of catatonia in autism spectrum disorders.
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Hardbound, 336 pages, publication date: MAR-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-366873-8
ISBN-10: 0-12-366873-5
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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