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catatonia

[kat-uh-toh-nee-uh, -tohn-yuh] / ˌkæt əˈtoʊ ni ə, -ˈtoʊn yə /






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Some people confuse transcranial magnetic stimulation with electroconvulsive therapy, a procedure used for patients with severe depression or catatonia.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2022

“Although his attorneys claim Cole is mentally ill to the point of catatonia, the fact is that Cole fully cooperated with a mental evaluation in July of this year,” O’Connor said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2022

Two debuts electrified the production — the soprano Svetlana Sozdateleva, who appeared suspended between command and catatonia, the eye of the staging’s storm — which never stopped swirling.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022

Some experts championed shock therapy, others called for institutionalization; some psychotherapists saw madness as a metaphor and some doctors prescribed catatonia by tranquilizers.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2020

That was the deal basically: catatonia without; frenzy within.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides