catatonia
Immobile mental state
Catatonia is a state of unresponsiveness in which a person remains immobile, mute, or frozen in unusual postures for extended periods.
It typically occurs as a feature of severe psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia or mood disorders.
In loose usage, catatonia describes any extreme stillness or lack of reaction: The news left her in a state of catatonia.
Maintaining positioned postures involuntarily
- mutismAbsence of speech
- negativismDisposition to oppose everything
- echolaliaInvoluntary repetition of speech
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
grimacing · stereotypy · mannerisms · rigidity · stupor · catalepsy · staring · flat affect
Solidified by extreme cold
- motionlessLacking all movement
- rigidUnable to bend
- statuesqueTall, graceful, dignified
- fixedRestored or immovable
paralysis · stiffness · petrified · stillness · inert · postural · locked · suspended
Failing to react or reply
- dazeBewildered mental state
- torporInactive, sluggish state
- obtundationReduced alertness, blunted awareness
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
stupefaction · insensibility · lethargy · vegetative · blankness · vacancy · clouding · semiconscious
Sedative-hypnotic drug class
- lorazepamAnti-anxiety sedative medication
- electroconvulsive therapyElectrical brain stimulation treatment
- antipsychoticsDrugs treating severe mental disorders
- hospitalizationFormal entry into medical care
sedation · psychotropic · medication · response · remission · intervention
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolar disorderExtreme mood cycling illness
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
- mental illnessDisorder affecting cognition or mood
psychopathology · hospitalization · diagnosis · DSM · syndrome
Seat of cognition
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- cerebralRelating to intellect
- GABAInhibitory brain neurotransmitter
- dopamineReward-linked neural messenger
basal ganglia · frontal lobe · encephalitis · autoimmune · neuroimaging · dysfunction · motor cortex · neurotransmitter
waxy flexibility
Maintaining positioned postures involuntarily
- mutismAbsence of speech
- negativismDisposition to oppose everything
- echolaliaInvoluntary repetition of speech
posturing · grimacing · stereotypy · mannerisms · rigidity · stupor · catalepsy · staring · flat affect · immobility
frozen
Solidified by extreme cold
- motionlessLacking all movement
- rigidUnable to bend
- statuesqueTall, graceful, dignified
fixed · paralysis · stiffness · petrified · stillness · inert · postural · locked · suspended
unresponsive
Failing to react or reply
- dazeBewildered mental state
- torporInactive, sluggish state
- obtundationReduced alertness, blunted awareness
trance · stupefaction · insensibility · lethargy · vegetative · blankness · vacancy · clouding · semiconscious · withdrawn
benzodiazepines
Sedative-hypnotic drug class
- lorazepamAnti-anxiety sedative medication
- electroconvulsive therapyElectrical brain stimulation treatment
- antipsychoticsDrugs treating severe mental disorders
hospitalization · sedation · psychotropic · medication · response · remission · intervention
schizophrenia
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolar disorderExtreme mood cycling illness
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
mental illness · psychopathology · hospitalization · diagnosis · DSM · syndrome
brain
Seat of cognition
dopamine · basal ganglia · frontal lobe · encephalitis · autoimmune · neuroimaging · dysfunction · motor cortex · neurotransmitter
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
- mental symptomsanxiety, depression, paranoia, hallucination, delusion
- Psychiatric Symptomshallucinations, delusions, paranoia, psychosis, flat affect
- stasisstasis, suspended animation, cryostasis, hibernation, dormancy
- psychosishallucinations, psychosis, delusions, delusion, schizophrenia
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
catatoniahyperactivity
Excessive physical or mental energy
hyperkinesia · agitation · restlessness · mania · frenzy
catatoniaresponsiveness
Readiness to react
alertness · engagement · expressiveness · animation · volubility
catatoniavitality
Capacity for spirited existence
vivacity · liveliness · dynamism · exuberance · vigor