Catatonic schizophrenia is one of several types of schizophrenia, chronic mental illness which reality is interpreted normally (psychosis). Catatonic schizophrenia includes extremes of behavior. At one end of catatonic schizophrenia, you cannot speak, move or respond. In the other, you have over-excited or hyperactive movement and may unintentionally imitate sounds or movements of others.
Although observed at any age, the disease attacked mostly children regardless of gender (Gadow, 2006). There were a variety of symptoms, but that first appeared they were sore throat (pharyngitis), fever, malaise, headache and impaired ...