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How to Bend and Not Break: Diagnostic and Treatment Flexibility in Catatonia and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

person Kristina Flores, MD; Joan R. Winter, MD, MS; Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
calendar_today Oct 16, 2026

Conference abstract describing an adolescent with autism, intellectual/developmental disability, epilepsy and a SATB2 mutation whose speech regression, aggression and self-harm raised concern for catatonia. Rating scales were hard to interpret; lorazepam gave brief improvement and clonazepam mild, steadier benefit. The PDF page also includes a separate Kleefstra syndrome catatonia case.

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