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Pre-Pubertal Depressive Stupor: A Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. C. Powell ,
W. R. Silveira  and
R. Lindsay
J. C. Powell*
Affiliation:
Crichton Royal Hospital, Dumfries
W. R. Silveira
Affiliation:
Stoke Park, Coventry
R. Lindsay
Affiliation:
Hartfleld Clinic, Dumbarton
*
∗Ladyfield Department of Family Psychiatry, Glencaple Road, Dumfries DG1 4TE
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Abstract

A case of childhood affective disorder with episodes of depressive stupor in a 13-year-old pre-pubertal boy is described. Changes in the patient's clinical state were accompanied by changes in the dexamethasone suppression test. A family history of affective illness on the maternal side, with phenomenological similarities, is noted.

Type
Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue 5 , November 1988 , pp. 689 - 692
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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