Psychiatry and Psychology

Catatonic Schizophrenia

A type of schizophrenia characterized by abnormality of motor behavior which may involve particular forms of stupor, rigidity, excitement or inappropriate posture.

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Abstract

A type of schizophrenia characterized by abnormality of motor behavior which may involve particular forms of stupor, rigidity, excitement or inappropriate posture.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Schizophrenia, Catatonic
  • Catatonic Schizophrenias
  • Schizophrenias, Catatonic

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Aspects Covered

31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

/psychol permitted but consider SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY (IM) if catatonic aspect is less relevant (NIM)

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Catatonia (1966-1974)
  • Schizophrenia (1966-1974)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Catatonic Schizophrenia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012560. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012560
  2. Catatonic Schizophrenia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432717