*Disorganised type
*Catatonic type
*Paranoid type
*Undifferentiated type
Catatonia is neuropsychiatric syndrome with a unique combination of mental, motor, vegetative and behavioural signs. Psychomotor disturbances, such as stupor, rigidity, excitement or posturing are the prominent feature of catatonic schizophrenia.
It was first described in relation to mental illness at a time when psychiatrists had just begun to associate psychiatric disorders with brain dysfunction.
The catatonic person seems to be in a state of total panic. Catatonic schizophrenia brings about a stuporous condition in which odd positions may be held for hours or even days.
A catatonic symptom or symptoms may be provoked by brain disease, metabolic disturbances, or alcohol and drugs and may also occur in mood disorders.
Catatonic schizophrenia
