Noun: catatonic schizophrenia ,ka-tu'tó-nik ,skit-su'free-nee-u
- A form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement
"During his catatonic schizophrenia episodes, he would remain motionless for hours, followed by brief periods of frenzied activity";
- catatonic type schizophrenia, catatonia
Type of: dementia praecox [archaic], schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis
Encyclopedia: Catatonic schizophrenia