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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Stephen Carey  and
David Hall
Stephen Carey
Affiliation:
Stratheden Hospital, Cupar KY15 5RR
David Hall
Affiliation:
Crichton Royal Hospital, Dumfries DG14TG
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 26 , Issue 7 , July 2002 , pp. 275
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It is agreed with your correspondent that certainty may often be preferred to confusion. We plead guilty to one nosological omission: the patient described had no history of classical catatonia (akinesis, mutism and waxy flexibility). Your correspondent's own cited review from 1999 (Clark & Rickards) admits there were no randomised controlled trials of treatment in catatonia. It is to be hoped that our article will have refreshed clinicians' awareness of this condition, as it is indeed often iatrogenic.

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