MENTAL HEALTH BASICS.......







Schizophrenia ( Catatonic Type )



A type of Schizophrenia in which the clinical picture is dominated by at
least two of the following:



* motoric immobility as evidenced by catalepsy (including waxy
flexibility) or stupor



* excessive motor activity (that is apparently purposeless and
not influenced by external stimuli)



* extreme negativism (an apparently motiveless resistance to all
instructions or maintenance of a rigid posture against attempts to be
moved) or mutism



* peculiarities of voluntary movement as evidenced by posturing
(voluntary assumption of inappropriate or bizarre postures), stereotyped
movements, prominent mannerisms, or prominent grimacing



* echolalia or echopraxia









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