Schizophrenia is a chronic and debilitating mental illness that affects about 1 percent of the population worldwide, casting a long shadow over the lives of individuals and their families. It’s a ...

Catatonia is an experience associated with a person taking a rigid or mute stance. Aspects of catatonia can also include unusual posturing, repetitive movements, repeating speech, and agitation. It is ...

Despite all the criticism of DSM-5, the new classification of psychiatric diseases has one triumph to report: bringing back the diagnosis of catatonia as an almost independent disease entity. The new ...

For a patient to receive a diagnosis of schizophrenia, other disorders must be ruled out, such as schizoaffective disorder and mood disorders with psychotic features. 12 Symptoms of a major depressive ...