Catatonia with Psychosis in an 8-Year-Old Child: A Case Report and a Literature Review.

Objective: We present a narrative review of pediatric catatonia and a case report illustrating the complexity of management of psychosis in a child with catatonia.

Method: The literature search used the text terms pediatric, catatonia, and antipsychotics and the search engines PubMed and EBSCO. All references from peer-reviewed journals were reviewed for treatment strategies specific to management in children who are also psychotic.

Symptom Profiles Specific to Trauma in a Child Inpatient Unit.

Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) score showing 4 or more types of trauma have been shown to be a strong predictor of deleterious outcomes. We report here on the relationship between ACE or number of trauma types, and symptom profile as measured by the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) of children on an inpatient unit. Previous work has been limited to samples preselected for trauma, thus limiting the ability to identify whether the clinical presentation of trauma has unique attributes when compared to a clinical sample of comparable severity.