Faith E. Reid, BS

This report describes a case of acute-onset behavioral changes accompanied by psychosis and catatonia in a young woman who was ultimately determined to have NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis.

A patient with no history of premorbid cognitive deficits was found unconscious in her home and later presented to the emergency department with a clear mentation but dense anterograde...

In this case of catatonic coma, which precipitated a palliative care consult, full-dose lorazepam challenge changed the clinical course.