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Waxy Flexibility in Catatonia

Catatonia is a psychomotor condition characterized by the total loss of motor initiative,
Flexibility in Catatonia ... Catatonia is ... In catatonia the ... Although catatonia ... #physicalexam #psychiatry
Catalepsy on Neurological Examination

Catalepsy (patient adopts positions that they are put in by the examiner): Waxy
seen with Organic catatonia ... #Catalepsy #Catatonia ... physicalexam #neurology #psychiatry
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
behavior including catatonia ... symptoms #signs #psychiatry
DSM-5 Criteria for Schizophrenia 

- Two or more of the following are present for a significant
Disorganized or Catatonic ... #Diagnosis #Psychiatry
Comparison - Serotonin Syndrome, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Malignant Catatonia

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#Serotonin #Syndrome #Neuroleptic
and Malignant Catatonia ... Malignant #Malignant #Catatonia
Hyperthermia Syndromes Comparison
Serotonin Syndrome - NMS - Malignant Hyperthermia - Malignant Catatonia
Cause - Onset - Vitals
Hyperthermia - Malignant Catatonia
Figure 2: Sex differences in the lifetime incidence of psychiatric disorders vary from higher incidence in
lifetime incidence of psychiatric ... #Diagnosis #Psychiatry ... #Psychiatric #Disorders
Trauma & Stressor Related Psychiatric Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

 - Adjustment Disorder - Development of
Stressor Related Psychiatric ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Culture-Bound Syndromes found in DSM-5, published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). 
#Psychiatry #Diagnosis #CulturalCompetence #CultureBound
by the American Psychiatric ... #Psychiatry #Diagnosis
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - Diagnosis
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is an idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotic medications classically characterized
epilepticus, Malignant catatonia ... mental status: catatonic