Catatonia is more common — and more treatable — than many people realize. Even if you don’t know the specifics of catatonia, it’s possible that you’ve encountered the syndrome in a loved one or ...

Catatonia, which is currently categorized as a syndrome of certain mood, medical, neurologic, and psychotic disorders, often manifests as withdrawal combined with unusual movements and behaviors. In ...

Occasionally, as a doctor, I am asked to see a patient in the emergency department who is completely mute. They sit motionless, staring around the room. I lift up their arm and it stays in that ...

Catatonia is a psychomotor disorder. This means it involves the connection between mental function and movement, affecting a person’s ability to move in a normal way. People with catatonia can ...

A 92-year-old woman presents for admission to a psychiatric hospital, 3 months after being diagnosed with catatonia. Her symptoms include stupor and waxy flexibility (i.e., resisting passive movement) ...

New research suggests the most effective treatments for catatonia in people with Down syndrome. Only recently has catatonia, a behavioral condition marked by new onset immobility, mutism, withdrawal ...

Catatonia is often dramatically portrayed as a condition that belongs in horror movies, presenting someone as completely motionless or immobile for shock value. But it’s more than being “unresponsive.

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