A 41-year-old member asked:
have you ever seen a state of catatonia?
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Dr. Edward Smith answered
54 years experience Neurosurgery
Yes: It exists. What do you want to know about it?
Answered on Aug 26, 2012
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Dr. Alan Ali answered
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Catatonic: Flat affect, no motivation, limited speech, anhedonia, inattention, social withdrawal, disorganization, bizarre.
A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Maureen Nash answered
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Mostly mood disorder: Catatonia is a neurolgically based syndrome that has far reaching effects. It is most often seen in major depression and bipolar disorder. It is occas ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Humberto Quintana answered
44 years experience Psychiatry
It feel like below: Catatonia is a state of neurogenic motor immobility and behavioral abnormality manifested by stupor.
In the current DSM V catatonia is not recognized ... Read More
A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Susan Uhrich answered
36 years experience Psychiatry
Catatonia is not an: Illness, but a symptom involving changes in muscle tone/activity. Catatonic stupor involves a lack of movement while catatonic excitement involves vi ... Read More
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