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Stanley N. Caroff, M.D.
Dr. Stanley N. Caroff is Emeritus Professor at University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. He is a psychiatrist with over 48 years of experience in the medical field.
Stanley N. Caroff, M.D.
1. Dr. Stanley Caroff Introduction

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1. Dr. Stanley Caroff Introduction
01:37

2. How did you become interested in catatonia?
03:58

3. What's your experience treating patients with catatonia?
06:48

4. Are there any remarkable recoveries you'd like to share?
04:16

5. The role other medical diagnoses may play in catatonia
04:17

6. What role does anxiety play in catatonia?
01:38

7. What role does substance use play in catatonia?
01:37

8. What other providers should know about catatonia
01:56

9. Trauma/stress response as an underlying cause of catatonia?
02:33

10. Is catatonia an independent, unique disorder on its own?
01:52

11. Why all providers should be familiar with catatonia
00:46

12. Some misconceptions in psychiatry about catatonia
01:55

13. How providers can diagnose excited catatonia more confidently
01:39

14. How to keep catatonia patients from being placed in hospice
01:12

15. Obstacles to receiving an accurate diagnosis
01:44

16. What patients struggling to get a diagnosis should know
01:24

17. What thoughts do you have about how to overcome the stigma of ECT?
01:30

18. How did you hear about The Catatonia Foundation?
01:21

19. What do you hope The Catatonia Foundation can accomplish?
01:18

20. What is malignant catatonia and how can it be treated?
05:13

21. What would you like patients and providers to know about ECT?
02:58
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