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Frozen after the smoke: A case report on cannabis induced catatonia
Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry 17(1): 55–57 · 2026
https://doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v17i1.8647
Abstract
Catatonia is a syndrome of psychomotor disturbance occurring in association with various psychiatric, medical, or substance-related conditions. In this report we describe a 31-year-old male with no past psychiatric history who presented with features of catatonia in the context of heavy cannabis use with recent escalation. This case highlights cannabis as a potential precipitant of catatonia and emphasizes the importance of considering substance use in the differential diagnosis of acute catatonic presen-tations. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of cannabis-induced catatonia from Sri Lanka.
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