Catatonic symptoms can happen in schizophrenia and other mental health conditions. Benzodiazepines work quickly to reduce catatonic symptoms, but they can be addictive. Electroconvulsive therapy is ...

The presentation When teaching about catatonia, it seems most of my students at first only associate catatonia with the statuesque state made popular by the catatonic character Chief Bromden in One ...

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 ...

Catatonia is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome distinguished by a diverse array of motor, cognitive, and affective disturbances. Once primarily associated with schizophrenia, modern diagnostic ...

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 ...