COMPLICATIONS OF ACUTE CATATONIC EXCITEMENT : A Report of 2 Cases

MORTON J. ARONSON and SAMUEL V. THOMPSONAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 107, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.3.216

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1. Two cases of acute catatonic excitement with unusual complications are presented.

2. The first case survived a stormy course of peripheral vascular collapse, acidosis, and hyperthermia to 106°. Recovery was complicated by the development of lower nephron nephrosis.

3. The second case died in the course of voluntary apnea. This is the first such case to be reported.

4. It is suggested that suicide may be accomplished at a physiological level.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 107 • Number 3 • September 1950

Pages: 216 - 220

PubMed: 15432774

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Published in print: September 1950

Published online: 1 April 2006

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MORTON J. ARONSON

The neuropsychiatric section of the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.

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SAMUEL V. THOMPSON

The neuropsychiatric section of the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.

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