Background: The external clinical manifestations (psychopathology) and internal subjective experience (phenomenology) of catatonia are of clinical importance but have received little attention. This ...

1 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States 2 College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, ...

aNeurobehavioral Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA bDepartment of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Despite the inclusion of ...

Catatonia is a psychomotor disorder. This means it involves the connection between mental function and movement, affecting a person’s ability to move in a normal way. People with catatonia can ...

Correspondence to Dr Joseph Jankovic, Department of Neurology, Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, 6550 Fannin, Suite 1801, Houston, TX 77030, USA; ...

Occasionally, as a doctor, I am asked to see a patient in the emergency department who is completely mute. They sit motionless, staring around the room. I lift up their arm, and it stays in that ...

Thus far, the Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) specifier lineup has included some unsavory characters. As if these haven't been difficult enough, there is also the possibility of MDD patients ...

Jonathan Rogers receives funding from the Wellcome Trust and has previously been funded by the National Institute for Health Research. Occasionally, as a doctor, I am asked to see a patient in the ...

Thus far, the Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) specifier lineup has included some unsavory characters. As if these haven't been difficult enough, there is also the possibility of MDD patients ...

catatonic schizophrenia One of the main reasons for the frequent misdiagnosis of catatonia is the continuing misconception that it is synonymous with schizophrenia. “Catatonia is treatable, but the ...