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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Behavioral Symptoms > Catatonia
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Neurobehavioral Manifestations > Catatonia
Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Neurobehavioral Manifestations > Catatonia
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Neurobehavioral Manifestations > Catatonia

Preferred term

Catatonia  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Catatonia, Malignant
  • Catatonia, Organic
  • Catatonia, Schizophreniform
  • Catatonias, Malignant
  • Catatonias, Organic
  • Catatonias, Schizophreniform
  • Malignant Catatonia
  • Malignant Catatonias
  • Organic Catatonia
  • Organic Catatonias
  • Schizophreniform Catatonia
  • Schizophreniform Catatonias

Scope note

  • 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)

In other languages

  • katatonia

    Finnish

  • catatonia
  • catatonia organica
  • elimellinen katatoninen häiriö
  • lihasjäykkyystila
  • orgaaninen katatoninen häiriö
  • orgaaninen katatoninen oireyhtymä
  • organisk katatoni
  • perturbatio catatonica organica
  • Katatoni

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002389

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