catatonia
Example Sentences
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Seeing that stark difference led Meduna to theorize that glial cells could have something to do with mental health, and that a seizure might help ease schizophrenic symptoms, including catatonia.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2023
“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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
