catatonia
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In addition to being used to treat depression and bipolar disorder, ECT is also used for schizophrenia, catatonia, and, more recently, self-injury in people with autism, among other conditions.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2023
Some families seem to sink into a catatonia that he knows means he should give them space.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2021
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’s what director-choreographer Josh Rhodes and Co. managed to do at the Kennedy Center, with this smashing revival-in-concert of the hallucinogenic story of a boy who goes from catatonia to superstardom.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2019
That was the deal basically: catatonia without; frenzy within.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
