Further information

Clinical guidelines

Evidence-based consensus guidelines for the management of catatonia: Recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology: Rogers JP, Oldham MA, Fricchione G et al. Journal of Psychopharmacology 2023

Guideline for the management of catatonia in the general hospital setting from the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine and the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine: Denysenko L, Freudenreich O, Philbrick K, et al. Catatonia in Medically Ill Patients An Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Monograph for Psychosomatic Medicine Practice. 2015

Guideline for prevention of medical complications of catatonia: Clinebell K, Azzam PN, Gopalan P, Haskett R. Guidelines for Preventing Common Medical Complications of Catatonia. J Clin Psychiatry 2014; 75: 644–51.

Other catatonia information websites

The Catatonia Foundation: A charity with resources for clinicians, patients and carers.

Catatonia Information Center: A US-based information site with basic and more advanced information about catatonia.

Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale Assessment Resources: A comprehensive guide to the use of the Bush-Francis for assessing catatonia

Catatonia.fr: A French language catatonia information site.

Media

Podcast from the Psychiatry and Psychotherapy feed.

YouTube videos from the Psychopharmacology Institute.

A video summary of the BAP catatonia guidelines.

Books with more detail

Caroff SN, Mann SC, Francis A, Fricchione GL. Catatonia : from psychopathology to neurobiology. American Psychiatric Pub, 2004

Fink M, Taylor MA. Catatonia : a Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment. Cambridge Univ Pr, 2006.

Shorter E, Fink M. The madness of fear : a history of catatonia. Oxford University Press, 2018.

Our papers

Rogers, J. P., Shorvon, S., & Luccarelli, J. (2024). Catatonia and epilepsy: An underappreciated relationship. EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR, 159, 5 pages. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.109983

Hirjak, D., Rogers, J. P., Wolf, R. C., Kubera, K. M., Fritze, S., Wilson, J. E., . . . Northoff, G. (2024). Catatonia. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 10(1). doi:10.1038/s41572-024-00534-w

Mastellari, T., Saint-Dizier, C., Fovet, T., Geoffroy, P. -A., Rogers, J., Lamer, A., & Amad, A. (2024). Exploring Seasonality in Catatonia Diagnosis: Evidence from a Large-Scale Population Study. Psychiatry Research, 115652. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115652

Rogers, J. P., Zandi, M. S., & David, A. S. (2023). The diagnosis and treatment of catatonia. Clinical Medicine Journal, 23(3), 242-245. doi:10.7861/clinmed.2023-0113

Rogers, J. P., Oldham, M. A., Fricchione, G., Northoff, G., Ellen Wilson, J., Mann, S. C., . . . David, A. S. (2023). Evidence-based consensus guidelines for the management of catatonia: Recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 37(4), 327-369. doi:10.1177/02698811231158232

Mastellari, T., Rogers, J. P., Cortina-Borja, M., David, A. S., Zandi, M. S., Amad, A., & Lewis, G. (2023). Seasonality of presentation and birth in catatonia. Schizophrenia Research. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2023.03.015

Delvi, A., Wilson, C. A., Jasani, I., Guliani, J., Rao, R., Seneviratne, G., & Rogers, J. P. (2023). Catatonia in the peripartum: A cohort study using electronic health records. Schizophrenia Research. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2023.02.022

Hosseini, P., Whincup, R., Devan, K., Ghanem, D. A., Fanshawe, J. B., Saini, A., . . . Rogers, J. P. (2023). The role of the electroencephalogram (EEG) in determining the aetiology of catatonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy. EClinicalMedicine, 56. doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101808

Magnat, M., Mastellari, T., Krystal, S., Hanafi, R., Mateos, M., Hacein-Bey, L., . . . Amad, A. (2022). Feasibility and usefulness of brain imaging in catatonia.. J Psychiatr Res, 157, 1-6. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.11.003

Saini, A., Begum, N., Matti, J., Ghanem, D. A., Fripp, L., Pollak, T. A., . . . Rogers, J. (2022). Clozapine as a treatment for catatonia: A systematic review. Schizophrenia Research. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2022.09.021

Rengasamy, E. R., & Rogers, J. P. (2022). The use of amantadine in catatonia. The Lancet Neurology, 21(6), 504. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(22)00119-3

Dawkins, E., Cruden-Smith, L., Carter, B., Amad, A., Zandi, M. S., Lewis, G., . . . Rogers, J. P. (2022). Catatonia Psychopathology and Phenomenology in a Large Dataset. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.886662

Haroche, A., Giraud, N., Vinckier, F., Amad, A., Rogers, J., Moyal, M., . . . Plaze, M. (2022). Efficacy of Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation in Catatonia: A Review and Case Series. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.876834

Jeyaventhan, R., Thanikasalam, R., Mehta, M. A., Solmi, F., Pollak, T. A., Nicholson, T. R., . . . Rogers, J. P. (2022). Clinical Neuroimaging Findings in Catatonia: Neuroradiological Reports of MRI Scans of Psychiatric Inpatients With and Without Catatonia.. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, appineuropsych21070181. doi:10.1176/appi.neuropsych.21070181

Parry, S., Raheem, A., Williams, E., & Rogers, J. P. (2022). Benzodiazepine Reduction and a Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure With Therapeutic Benefit in Catatonia Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder. The Journal of ECT, Publis. doi:10.1097/YCT.0000000000000835

Yeoh, S. Y., Roberts, E., Scott, F., Nicholson, T. R., David, A. S., & Rogers, J. P. (2022). Catatonic Episodes Related to Substance Use: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Electronic Healthcare Records. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 7 pages. doi:10.1080/15504263.2021.2016342

Rogers, J. P., Pollak, T. A., Begum, N., Griffin, A., Carter, B., Pritchard, M., . . . David, A. S. (2021). Catatonia: demographic, clinical and laboratory associations. Psychological Medicine. doi:10.1017/s0033291721004402

Haroche, A., Rogers, J., Plaze, M., Gaillard, R., Williams, S. C. R., Thomas, P., & Amad, A. (2020). Brain imaging in catatonia: systematic review and directions for future research. Psychological medicine, 50(10), 1585-1597. doi:10.1017/S0033291720001853

Samra, K., Rogers, J., Mahdi-Rogers, M., & Stanton, B. (2020). Catatonia with GABAA receptor antibodies. Practical Neurology. doi:10.1136/practneurol-2019-002388

Rogers, J. P., Pollak, T. A., Blackman, G., & David, A. (2019). Catatonia and the immune system: a review. The Lancet Psychiatry. doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30190-7