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Medical Director, Neurobehavioral Unit, Kennedy Krieger Institute. Psychiatry Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD.

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Assessing and Treating Catatonia in Children and Adolescents

October 1, 2022

Lee Wachtel MD

Lee Wachtel, MD, Medical Director, Neurobehavioral Unit, Kennedy Krieger Institute. Psychiatry Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD.

Dr. Wachtel, expert for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Catatonia is marked by a change from the person’s baseline state with distinct motor, vocal, and behavioral symptoms. Clinicians usually think of a catatonic person as being like a statue—immobile, unresponsive, staring, and with waxy flexibility.

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