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 ...

To further understand the spectrum of psychosis, it's important to become familiar with the broad range of symptoms. These are more expansive than the “hearing voices” and paranoia most often ...

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 ...

When he was about 14-years-old, Sean Daley’s personality changed dramatically. He became aggressive, violent and withdrawn. Sean, who has autism spectrum disorder, had always had trouble with social ...

Videos of people standing still in a trance-like state have been used by social media users to suggest catatonia is a side-effect of COVID-19 vaccines. But most of the videos being shared pre-date the ...