PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Deirdre Philbin
AU  - D Mulryan
AU  - M O'Grady
TI  - Catatonic schizophrenia: therapeutic challenges and potentially a new role for electroconvulsive therapy?
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2013-009153
DP  - 2013 Jul 29
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr2013009153
VI  - 2013
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-009153.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-009153.full
AB  - A 36-year-old man with known schizophrenia, presented with increasingly bizarre behaviour. The development of catatonia and subsequent neuroleptic malignant syndrome in itself posed numerous therapeutic challenges. However, following resolution of neuroleptic malignant syndrome, the reintroduction of antipsychotics was not tolerated. This case report proposes a novel use for electroconvulsive therapy as a treatment of mental state, following resolution of neuroleptic malignant syndrome, to facilitate successful reintroduction of antipsychotics.