Catatonic Signs - Echolalia, Echopraxia, and Agitation

Send us a textDr. O discusses the remaining hyperactive or “excited” signs of catatonia including echolalia, echopraxia, and agitation. In previous episodes, Dr. O discussed other hyperactive or “excited” signs, including mannerisms and stereotypy. All of these signs share the common feature that the patient is doing something odd, repetitive, or unexpected. Dr. O also gets on his soap box about the arbitrary use of the term agitation to describe patients.Please leave feedba...

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A resource for psychiatrists and other medical or behavioral health professionals interested in exploring the neuroscientific basis of psychiatric disorders, psychopharmacology, neuromodulation, and other psychiatric interventions, as well as discussions of pseudoscience, Bayesian reasoning, ethics, the history of psychiatry, and human psychology in general.This podcast is not medical advice.  It strives to be science communication.  Dr. O'Leary is a skeptical thinker who often questions what we think we know.  He hopes to open more conversations about what we don't know we don't know.Find transcripts with show-notes and references on each episodes dedicated page at psydactic.buzzsprout.com.You can leave feedback at https://www.psydactic.com.The visual companions, when available, can be found at https://youtube.com/@PsyDactic.