Catatonia, a mysterious and often misunderstood condition, presents itself as a range of motor and behavioural abnormalities. As per a study led by the Banner University Medical Centre, Phoenix, USA, ...

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.

The young woman was catatonic, stuck at the nurses' station - unmoving, unblinking and unknowing of where or who she was. Her name was April Burrell. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most ...

A man who has battled the NHS for decades to obtain mental health support for his wife was told by A&E staff she was not a priority despite being so unwell she was catatonic. Steve, a 63-year-old from ...

NICE, France — Catatonic syndrome is a common child and adolescent psychotic disorder that responds well to benzodiazepines, with the addition of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) if there is ...

Catatonic schizophrenia is one feature of a serious mental illness called schizophrenia. Schizophrenia prevents you from separating what’s real from what’s not, a state of mind called psychosis.

Catatonia is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome distinguished by a diverse array of motor, cognitive, and affective disturbances. Once primarily associated with schizophrenia, modern diagnostic ...

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 ...

Despite all the criticism of DSM-5, the new classification of psychiatric diseases has one triumph to report: bringing back the diagnosis of catatonia as an almost independent disease entity. The new ...

Various types of schizophrenia are distinguished by certain symptoms that, while relating to affective, social, physical and intellectual functioning, indicate consequences of extreme emotional ...

A teenager who took bath salts in the Alps was left in a catatonic state for over a month - unable to move or speak. The 17-year-old had taken a small tablet while on vacation that police later ...