Shout Out to Dr. George Dawson for Medical Reasoning Post!

I just wanted to make a shout-out to Dr. George Dawson for his post from yesterday, “Medical Reasoning vs. A Diagnostic Manual.”

It reminded me of the diagnostic challenge of catatonia, which I saw several times during my career as a consultation-liaison psychiatrist. There’s an excellent recent review of the evaluation and management of catatonia.

Iyer V, Spurling BC, Rizvi A. Catatonia. [Updated 2025 Dec 13]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2026 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430842/

I also published a case report about lorazepam withdrawal-induced catatonia, illustrating one of the many causes of catatonia. In the discussion section of the report I point out that there are a number of metabolic, neurologic, and substance-induced secondary causes of catatonia, including substance-induced withdrawal (alcohol, benzodiazepines).

Amos, J. J. (2012). Lorazepam Withdrawal-Induced Catatonia. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry., 24(2), 170–171. https://doi.org/10.1177/104012371202400210

Kudos to Dr. Dawson!

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Author: James Amos

I'm a retired consult-liaison psychiatrist. I navigated the path in a phased retirement program through the hospital where I was employed. I was fully retired as of June 30, 2020. This blog chronicles my journey.

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