Table of Contents

Section I. Classification
Classification matters for Catatonia and Autism in children.
A systematic study of catatonia-like clinical pictures in autism spectrum disorders.
Catatonia in individuals with autism spectrum disorders in adolescence and early adulthood: A long-term prospective study.
Are autistic and catatonic regression related? A few working hypotheses involving GABA, Purkinje cell survival, neurogenesis, and ECT.
Section II. Assessment
Psychomotor development and psychopathology in childhood.
The importance of catatonia and stereotypies in autistic spectrum disorders.
Prader Willi Syndrome: Atypical psychoses and motor dysfunctions.
Towards a valid nosography and psychopathology of catatonia in children and adolescents.
Is there a common neuronal basis for autism and catatonia?
Shared susceptibility region on chromosome 15 between autism and catatonia.
Section III. Treatment
Current tends in behavioral interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders in the United States.
Case-reports with a child psychiatric exploration of catatonia, autism, and delirium.
ECT and the Youth - Catatonia in context.
Catatonia in autistic spectrum disorders: A medical treatment algorithm.
Non-medical approaches to chronic catatonia-like deterioration in autism spectrum disorders.
Section IV. Blueprints
Blueprints for the assessment, treatment, and future study of catatonia in autism spectrum disorders.

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Discusses the relationship between catatonia and autism and the potential for treatment of both syndromes.