%0 Journal Article %T Therapeutic management of catatonia %A Lidia Nica UDANGIU %A Mona MOLDOVAN %A Costin ROVENTA %J Management in Health %D 2010 %I National Scool of Public Health Management and Professional Development, Bucharest %X Catatonic states occur in the context of a wide variety of both psychiatric and medical conditions. Since 1992 benzodiazepines represent a first-line treatment in catatonia, because they offer several advantages: a wide margin of safety, a rapid response, and they are easily administered. Other treatments include atypical antipsychotics, antiglutamatergic drugs, lithium. Lorazepam and other GABA-A promoters (benzodiazepines, zolpidem) increase GABA activity as their mechanism of action. %K catatonia %K benzodiazepines %K antipsychotics %U http://journal.managementinhealth.com/index.php/rms/article/view/149/380