Diseases

Catatonia

A neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by one or more of the following essential features: immobility, mutism, negativism (active or passive refusal to follow commands), mannerisms, stereotypies, posturing, grimacing, excitement, echolalia, echopraxia, muscular rigidity, and stupor; sometimes punctuated by sudden violent outbursts, panic, or hallucinations. This condition may be associated with psychiatric illnesses (e.g., SCHIZOPHRENIA; MOOD DISORDERS) or organic disorders (NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; ENCEPHALITIS, etc.). (From DSM-IV, 4th ed, 1994; APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)

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A neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by one or more of the following essential features: immobility, mutism, negativism (active or passive refusal to follow commands), mannerisms, stereotypies, posturing, grimacing, excitement, echolalia, echopraxia, muscular rigidity, and stupor; sometimes punctuated by sudden violent outbursts, panic, or hallucinations. This condition may be associated with psychiatric illnesses (e.g., SCHIZOPHRENIA; MOOD DISORDERS) or organic disorders (NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; ENCEPHALITIS, etc.). (From DSM-IV, 4th ed, 1994; APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)

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21 entry terms
  • Catatonias
  • Catatonia, Malignant
  • Catatonia, Organic
  • Lethal Catatonia
  • Organic Catatonic Disorder
  • Schizophreniform Catatonia
  • Catatonia, Lethal
  • Catatonia, Schizophreniform
  • Catatonias, Lethal
  • Catatonias, Malignant
  • Catatonias, Organic
  • Catatonias, Schizophreniform
  • Catatonic Disorder, Organic
  • Catatonic Disorders, Organic
  • Lethal Catatonias
  • Malignant Catatonia
  • Malignant Catatonias
  • Organic Catatonia
  • Organic Catatonias
  • Organic Catatonic Disorders
  • Schizophreniform Catatonias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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  1. C10w.597.606.115w
  2. C23.888w.592.604.115w
  3. F01.145.126.156w
  4. F01.700.165w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Catatonia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002389. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002389
  2. Catatonia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catatonia
  3. Catatonia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q501571