Blow me over. Autism Speaks, one of the major autism organizations, has recognized catatonia as an important symptom in autism, and has endorsed electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for its treatment. This ...

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 ...

A child who lost the power of speech, suddenly burst into song after listening to Catatonia's 'Mulder and Scully'. In a mystery worthy of being an X-File, Christopher Howells, of Llanelli, Wales, sang ...

For the first time, the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) has produced a guideline on catatonia. Catatonia is a severe psychiatric disorder that has been associated with a wide range of ...

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 ...

When clinical psychiatrist and University of Queensland researcher Dr Cathy Franklin saw her first patient with Catatonia and Acute Regression in Down Syndrome in 2009, she was shocked. The condition ...