DSM-IV CATATONIC FEATURES AMONG PSYCHIATRIC-INPATIENTS - A PRELIMINARY-STUDY

Authors
OULIS P LYKOURAS L TOMARAS V PANAYOTOPOULOU V GOURNELLIS R STEFANIS C
Citation
P. Oulis et al., DSM-IV CATATONIC FEATURES AMONG PSYCHIATRIC-INPATIENTS - A PRELIMINARY-STUDY, European psychiatry, 12(8), 1997, pp. 412-414
Citations number
7
Journal title
European psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09249338
Volume
12
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
412 - 414
Database
ISI
SICI code
0924-9338(1997)12:8<412:DCFAP->2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We studied DSM-IV catatonic features in 120 psychiatric inpatients wit h a main diagnosis of acute psychotic, affective or cognitive disorder : Individual catatonic features were highly intercorrelated, although diagnostically nonspecific. A single factor, accounting for 85% of the variance, was extracted and interpreted as representing both types (e xcited and retarded) of catatonic syndrome.