Diazepam for catatonia

1 February 1984

journal article
case report
Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry

Vol. 141 (2) , 284-285
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.141.2.284

Abstract

Intravenous diazepam rapidly relieved catatonic immobility in two schizophrenic patients, and oral diazepam maintained this therapeutic effect. Diazepam may be an immediately available and effective treatment for some patients with life-threatening catatonic disorders.

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