(from the article `Kraepelin, Emil`) ...fell among the endogenous, incurable illnesses. Kraepelin attributed dementia praecox to organic changes in the brain. He further distinguished at ... 3. The catatonic type is characterized by striking motor behaviour. The patient may remain in a state of almost complete immobility, often assuming...
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Schizophrenia characterised by marked disturbance, which may involve stupor, negativism, rigidity, excitement, or posturing; sometimes there is rapid alteration between the extremes of excitement and stupor. Associated features include stereotypic behaviour, mannerisms, and waxy flexibility; mutism is particularly common. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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a type characterized by marked psychomotor disturbance that may involve stupor, rigidity, excitement, negativism, or posturing, or an alteration among these behaviors. Associated features include mutism, stereotypy, and waxy flexibility.
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(kat-a-ton-ik skiz-o-fre-ne-ah) Schizophrenia characterized by marked disturbance which may involve
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. schizophrenia characterized by marked disturbance, which may involve stupor, negativism, rigidity, excitement, or posturing; sometimes there is rapid alternation between the extremes of excitement and stupor. Associated features include stereotypic behavior, mannerisms, and waxy flexibility; mutism is particularly common....
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n] - a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods
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catatonic type schizophrenia noun a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement
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