And What About Secondary Catatonıa?

Abstract

I have read an interesting article recently published in your journal regarding the Turkish adaptation, validity and reliability study of the Bush Francis Catatonia Rating scale (BFCRS) and the Katatonia, Autism, Neuropsychiatric and Neuromovement Examination Rating (KANNER) Scale (Erdoğan et al. 2023). The article delighted me as catatonia is, in my opinion, the most fascinating syndrome of neuropsychiatry, if not of entire medicine. Catatonia needs further and deeper studies. I feel these scales and others such as Northoff Catatonia Scale (NCS) need to be adapted all around the world. Only then clinicians and researchers will be able to collaborate closer in better and stronger studies.