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catatonia

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






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Part of Wachtel's work focuses on catatonia in patients with autism.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2023

Some families seemed to sink into a catatonia that he knew meant he needed to give 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




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