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Pervasive refusal syndrome - A clinical challenge
- Source :
- Asian journal of psychiatry. 17
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Pervasive refusal syndrome is described as a condition comprising varying degrees of refusal across several domains; social withdrawal; resistance to treatment and is potentially life threatening with no detectable organic cause. Female predominance, refusal to eat with low weight, body image distortion, depressive features, premorbid personality issues similar to eating disorders have been noted, with 67% cases having complete recovery. In this paper, we describe what is probably the first case reported from India, of a child, who presented with neuropsychiatric symptoms, and treated with electroconvulsive therapy along with medications, but, sadly had a fatal outcome.
- Subjects :
- Social Alienation
medicine.medical_specialty
Parenteral Nutrition
media_common.quotation_subject
medicine.medical_treatment
Neuropsychiatry
Severity of Illness Index
Feeding and Eating Disorders
Treatment Refusal
Electroconvulsive therapy
Fatal Outcome
medicine
Personality
Humans
Psychiatry
Child
Electroconvulsive Therapy
General Psychology
Depression (differential diagnoses)
media_common
Pervasive refusal syndrome
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Antidepressive Agents
Psychiatry and Mental health
Eating disorders
Child Development Disorders, Pervasive
Anxiety
Female
medicine.symptom
Psychology
Antipsychotic Agents
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18762026
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Asian journal of psychiatry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f9a3e5f9d156bde843f5e6391d3ab92b