Crossing State Lines: Ethical and Clinical Considerations in Treating a Child With Catatonia.

Catatonia is a complex constellation of symptoms presenting with abnormalities in movement and behavior and arises from multiple medical, neurologic, and psychiatric conditions. In recent years, there has been a call to move catatonia from a classifier to a diagnosis of its own in the DSM-5. Catatonia is often underdiagnosed in the hospital and carries with it substantial morbidity and mortality.