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Stupor: a review of 25 cases
Author(s) -
Johnson J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1984.tb01222.x
Subject(s) - stupor , medicine , psychiatry , psychology , encephalopathy
– Twenty‐five cases of stupor referred to a psychiatric teaching hospital over 15 years are reviewed. Ten cases presented with a depressive syndrome, four cases with catatonic phenomena and a further 10 cases with established organic aetiology; one case was considered to be psychogenic in origin. The overall mortality was high (16%), attributable to the basic pathology. Compared with earlier series there was a reduction in cases with catatonic features with a corresponding increase in the proportion of organic cases.