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Catatonia Associated with Another Mental Disorder (Catatonia Specifier)Rashmi Nemade, Ph.D. & Mark Dombeck, Ph.D., edited by Kathryn Patricelli, MAThis is a new classification in the DSM-5. It does not recognize Catatonia as a separate disorder, but instead as a specifier that can go along with another mental health condition. This might include neurodevelopmental (brain) disorders, bipolar disorder, depressive disorders, or psychotic disorders.
The diagnosis is made when 3 or more of the following are present:
- Stupor - no body movements and not actively responding to the world around them
- Catalepsy - taking a body position and holding it against gravity
- Waxy Flexibility - resisting being moved or put in a position by another person
- Mutism - no or very little talking
- Negativism - ignoring or having no response to instructions or the world around them
- Posturing - spontaneous taking and holding a position that goes against gravity
- Mannerism - odd or cartoon-like behaviors or actions
- Stereotypy - repetitive, very frequent movements that are not directed toward achieving a particular goal
- Agitation - that does not happen because of anything around them
- Grimacing - making faces
- Echolalia - mimicking what another person is saying or how they are saying it
- Echopraxia - mimicking another person's movements
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