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Volume 25, issue 2

Case report

A case of catatonic schizophrenia – successful outcome of treatment with aripiprazole and clozapine

Miłosz Krzywotulski1, Paweł Wójciak1, Janusz Rybakowski1
1. Klinika Psychiatrii Dorosłych Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. K. Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu
Farmakoterapia w Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 2009, 2, 109–112
Keywords: catatonia, catatonic schizophrenia, treatment, aripiprazole, clozapine

Abstract

The topic of the article is a case report of catatonic schizophrenia diagnosed in twenty-two year old female. Her mental status underwent rapid deterioration showing clinical picture of catatonic syndrome. Pharmacological treatment by various antipsychotic drugs proved to be not successful or caused serious side effects. It was not until the administration of aripiprazole (up to 22.5 mg/day), with clozapine (up to 200 mg/day) that her mental status signifi cantly improved and all psychopathological symptoms gradually resolved. One and half year after this episode, the patient continues her academic activity (psychological faculty), taking aripiprazole, 7.5 mg/day.

Address for correspondence:
Miłosz Krzywotulski
Klinika Psychiatrii Dorosłych UM w Poznaniu
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tel. (061) 8475087, fax (061) 8480392
e-mail: mkszyfy@tlen.pl