catatonic stupor

catatonic stupor
the extreme decrease in reactivity to the environment and in spontaneous activity characteristic of catatonic schizophrenia.

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  • catatonic stupor — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, abulia, alienation, amnesia, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, catalepsy, cataplexy, compulsion, daydreaming, daze, dejection, depression, detachment, dream state, elation, emotionalism,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • stupor — Synonyms and related words: KO, abstraction, abulia, acedia, alienation, aloofness, amnesia, anesthesia, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, ataraxia, ataraxy, benumbedness, blackout, blah, blahs, boredom, catalepsy, cataplexy,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • catatonic — cat|a|ton|ic [ˌkætəˈtɔnık US ˈta: ] adj not able to move or talk because of an illness, shock etc catatonic stupor/trance …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • catatonic schizophrenia — catatonia cat a*ton ia n. [Gr. katatonos, stretching down, depressed, fr. kata down + to nos stretching, straining, tone (sound). Stedman.] (Psychiatry) an abnormal behavioral syndrome characterized by stupor, negativism, and muscular rigidity,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • catatonic — adjective Date: 1904 1. of, relating to, being, resembling, or affected by schizophrenia characterized especially by a marked psychomotor disturbance that may involve stupor or mutism, negativism, rigidity, purposeless excitement, and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • catatonic — catatonia ► NOUN 1) abnormality of movement and behaviour arising from a disturbed mental state. 2) informal a state of immobility and stupor. DERIVATIVES catatonic adjective. ORIGIN from Greek tonos tone or tension …   English terms dictionary

  • stupor — A state of impaired consciousness in which the individual shows a marked diminution in reactivity to environmental stimuli and can be aroused only by continual stimulation. [L. fr. stupeo, to be stunned] benign s. a stuporous syndrome from which… …   Medical dictionary

  • catatonic schizophrenia — [DSM IV] a type of schizophrenia characterized by marked psychomotor disturbance, including some combination of motoric immobility (stupor, catalepsy), excessive motor activity, extreme negativism, mutism, echolalia, echopraxia, and peculiarities …   Medical dictionary

  • Кататонический ступор — (catatonic stupor) симптом, сопутствующий шизофрении, когда человек становится совершенно нечувствительным к окружающей среде, остается без движения и молчит на протяжении длительного периода времени …   Общая психология: глоссарий

  • Catatonia —    Catatonia is motor abnormalities in association with severe disorders of mood and thought. Catatonic excitement means an increase in spontaneous and purposeless movements; it is a feature of manic illness among other disorders. Catatonic… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

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