Question

Difference between excited catatonia and stuporous catatonia

Answer 1

Catatonia can be stuporous or excited. Stuporous catatonia is characterised by immobility during which people may hold rigid poses, an inability to speak, as well as waxy flexibility, in which they maintain positions after being placed in them by someone else. Mutism may be partial and they may repeat meaningless phrases or speak only to repeat what someone else says. People with stuporous catatonia may also show stereotyped, repetitive movements (stereotypy). Excited catatonia is characterised by bizarre, non-goal directed hyperactivity and impulsiveness.