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catatonia
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Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome which is most commonly seen in people with underlying mood disorders, such as major depressive disorder, or psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia. People who have catatonia exhibit abnormal movement and behaviors that vary from person to person and may fluctuate in intensity within a single episode.
Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Catatonia
- Medical condition.synonyms
- Catatonic syndrome
- Medical condition.image
- Сatatonic stupor3.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- A patient in catatonic stupor, 1914
- Medical condition.field
- Psychiatry, neurology
- Medical condition.complications
- Physical trauma, malignant catatonia (autonomic instability, life-threatening), dehydration, pneumonia, pressure ulcers due to immobility, muscle contractions, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE)
- Medical condition.causes
- Underlying illness (psychiatric, neurologic, or medical), brain injury/damage, certain drugs/medications
- Medical condition.diagnosis
- Clinical, lorazepam challenge
- Medical condition.treatment
- Benzodiazepines (lorazepam challenge), electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Immobility, mutism, staring, posturing, rigidity, low consciousness
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Research
4,588 papers- Catatonia.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2024
- Catatonia: American Psychiatric Association Resource Document.Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry · 2025
- Catatonia.The New England journal of medicine · 2023
- Malignant Catatonia: A Review for the Intensivist.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2023
- [Catatonia].Ugeskrift for laeger · 2020
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30 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Subtypes
- Causes
- Neuropsychiatric
- Other conditions
- Neurological
- Metabolic and endocrine
- Infectious
- Medications
- Pathogenesis
- Neurotransmitters
- Neurological pathways
- Diagnosis
- DSM-5
- ICD-11
- Assessment and physical examination
- Rating scale
- Laboratory findings
- Differential diagnosis
- Treatment
- Prognosis
- Epidemiology
- History
- Ancient history
- Modern history
- Society and culture
- Popular conceptions and origins
- See also
- References
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Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome which is most commonly seen in people with underlying mood disorders, such as major depressive disorder, or psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia. People who have catatonia exhibit abnormal movement and behaviors that vary from person to person and may fluctuate in intensity within a single episode.
People with catatonia appear withdrawn, meaning that they do not interact with the outside world and have difficulty processing information. They may be nearly motionless for days on end or perform repetitive purposeless movements. People may exhibit very different sets of behaviors and still be diagnosed with catatonia. Treatment with benzodiazepines or electroconvulsive therapy is most effective and leads to remission of symptoms in most cases.