Authors of this guideline and the associated materials

  • Dr Ewan Mahony – General Adult Psychiatry Registrar, South East Scotland
  • Dr Kevin Brown – CAMHS Inpatient Consultant for the Melville Unit at RHCYP
  • Dr Andrew Watson – REAS AMD and Consultant in Rehabilitation Psychiatry
  • Dr Cormac Maguire – General Adult Psychiatry Registrar, South East Scotland

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions in creating this guideline and/or the associated Catatonia Bundle:

Psychiatrists

  • Dr Thomas Russ – Consultant and Reader in Old Age Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
  • Dr Andrew Stanfield – Consultant in Intellectual Disability at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, with sessions at the Regional Autism Spectrum Disorders Consultancy Service
  • Dr Alasdair Rooney – Consultant Neuropsychiatrist and clinical lead for ECT at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital
  • Dr Jane Cheeseman – Consultant and inpatient Clinical Lead for General Adult, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
  • Dr Alexandra Pittock – Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry, St John’s Hospital
  • Dr Nadine Cossette – Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
  • Dr Rebecca Lawrence – Consultant in Addictions Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
  • Dr Jonathan Rogers – Psychiatrist and researcher specialising in neuropsychiatric disorders, and particularly catatonia. Lead author of the BAP 2023 catatonia guidelines.

Allied Health Professionals

  • Tony Crooks – Clinical Lead Mental Health Physiotherapy, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
  • Melanie Hay - Clinical Lead Mental Health S&LT, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
  • Alannah Murphy, Rebecca Carpenter and Cherri McCrae – Dietetics, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
  • Morna Russell – Occupational Therapy Team Lead, APMHS, Royal Edinburgh Hospital and Associated Services
  • Gail LeMasurier and Kate Pestell – Art Psychotherapies, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
  • Fiona Mack – Advanced Pharmacist, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
  • Dr Audrey Millar – Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
  • Dr Hannah Cooper – Clinical Psychologist, Royal Edinburgh Hospital