catatonia
Example Sentences
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"We know ECT works on catatonia, not giving it for the purpose of a study would be cruel."
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2023
In Washington, legal barriers also prevent access for certain patients, like those who are experiencing catatonia due to a psychiatric concern and can’t make decisions about their own medical care.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 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’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
