Catatonia Psychopathology and Phenomenology in a Large Dataset.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The external clinical manifestations (psychopathology) and internal subjective experience (phenomenology) of catatonia are of clinical importance but have received little attention. This study aimed to use a large dataset to describe the clinical signs of catatonia; to assess whether these signs are associated with underlying diagnosis and prognosis; and to describe the phenomenology of catatonia, particularly with reference to fear.

Methods

A retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using the electronic healthcare records of a large secondary mental health trust in London, United Kingdom. Patients with catatonia were identified in a previous study by screening records using natural language processing followed by manual validation. The presen

SUBMITTER: Dawkins E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9168075 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature