Catatonic features is a term that is used to describe a mood episode having abnormal, limited, excessive, or echoing movement.
Catatonic features in the DSM[]
The DSM uses catatonic features to describe the following mood episodes:
This specifier is not used for Hypomanic episodes, most likely because because if catatonic features are present the episode is better described as a Manic episode.
Catatonic features are described by the DSM as having 2 or more of the following symptoms:
- immobility, staying in the same position (unless moved by someone else), or unconsciousness
- excessive movement that doesn't have an apparent purpose or relation to the environment
- extreme resistance to all instructions, maintaining a rigid posture, or refusal to speak
- peculiar movement such as bizarre posturing, stereotyped movements, prominent mannerisms, or prominent grimacing
- imitating another person's speech or movement
| Mood disorders as diagnosed by the DSM edit |
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| Mood episodes: Major depressive episode • Manic episode • Mixed episode • Hypomanic episode
Depressive disorders: Major depressive disorder • Dysthymic disorder • Depressive disorder NOS • (PMDD) Bipolar disorders: Bipolar I disorder • Bipolar II disorder • Cyclothymic disorder • Bipolar disorder NOS Other mood disorders: Mood disorder due to a general medical condition • Substance-induced mood disorder • Mood disorder NOS Episode specifiers: Severity • Psychotic • Remission • Chronic • Catatonic • Melancholic • Atypical • Postpartum Course specifiers: Longitudinal • Seasonal (SAD) • Rapid cycling |