Difference between catatonia and extrapyramidal symptoms
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Catatonia is a psychomotor syndrome that has been reported to occur in more than 10% of patients with acute psychiatric illnesses. Two subtypes of the syndrome have been identified. Catatonia of the retarded type is characterized by immobility, mutism, staring, rigidity, and a host of other clinical signs.
Waxy flexibility/catalepsy: 27
Rigidity: 54
Sign: % of patients
Withdrawal and refusal to eat: 91
Waxy flexibility/catalepsy: 27
Rigidity: 54
Sign: % of patients
Withdrawal and refusal to eat: 91
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