Catatonia

Awakened to the Psychological Concepts Portrayed in Film Jake E. Bukuts Fort Mill High School Awakened to the Psychological Concepts Portrayed in Film The film Awakenings is an emotional film that tells the story of a doctor, named Dr. Malcolm Sayer played by Robin Williams, who starts work at a chronic hospital in the Bronx during the late 1960’s. As he examines patients at the hospital though he comes to observe a good many of them are experiencing the same symptoms of a being in a catatonic

Catatonic Schizophrenia is a specific type of schizophrenia, or brain malfunction, which is distinguished by extreme, yet direct opposite behaviors. Its symptoms focus on movement and motor skills. You might be more familiar with the "catatonic stupor", where the individual is incapable of movement, speech or response to external stimuli. Oppositely, catatonic schizophrenia manifests as voluntary bizarre movements, repetitive nonsensical words and/or sounds. Basically, an individual gets 'stuck'

Meagan McGee Psychology 1300 Awakenings The movie Awakenings starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro portrays the true story of a doctor named Dr. Malcolm Sayer, and the events of the summer of 1969 at a psychiatric hospital in New York. Dr. Malcolm Sayer, who is a research physician, is confronted with a number of patients who had each been afflicted with a devastating disease called Encephalitis Lethargica. The illness killed most of the people who contracted it, but some were left living

symptoms occur. Negative symptoms can be confused with depression. These symptoms are: lack of emotions and expressions; withdrawal from friends, family and social activities; reduced energy; loss of pleasure or interest in life; poor hygiene; and catatonia, a condition in which a person becomes fixed in a single position for a very long time. There are four basic subtypes of Schizophrenia. These are paranoid schizophrenia which is when people are preoccupied with false beliefs about being persecuted

Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is considered one of the most serious types of psychological disorders. People who are diagnosed with schizophrenia have a difficult time distinguishing reality from imagination. The cause of schizophrenia is still unclear; the parents could have given it to their offspring. Some researchers predict that there is an imbalance of chemicals in the brain which result in schizophrenia (Mental Health America). The most likely age of developing schizophrenia is late adolescent

Awakenings In 1969, Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) is a new physician at a local hospital in the Bronx area of New York City. Dr. Sayer is caring and dedicated physician who works with catatonic patients who survived the encephalitis lethargica epidemic. Despite these patients not moving in over decades, Dr. Sayer is determined to help these patients and sees them as their families do as individuals. Dr. Sayer first discovers, there are certain stimuli such as catching a ball, hearing familiar

DISPOSITION • Admission criteria ○ When symptoms become severe due to: – i. Refusing to take medication – ii. Being unable to care for oneself in the community – iii. Drug abuse ○ Criteria for ICU admission – Patients who are diagnosed with catatonia may need to be admitted in ICU • Recommendations for specialist referral ○ Patients should be evaluated and treated by psychiatrists and/ psychologists who are trained at treating different mental conditions TREATMENT OPTIONS

significant fashion. Though, he resorts to meaninglessly pacing his room when he chooses not to arrange his toothpicks. Which leads me to believe that Jerry suffers from Schizophrenia with catatonia.

abnormal motor behavior (including catatonia), and negative symptoms. Catatonia is a condition that can occur in the situation of several disorders, including neurodevelopmental, psychotic, bipolar, depressive disorders, and other medical conditions (e.g. rare autoimmune disorders). The DSM-5 does not treat catatonia as an independent class, but recognizes catatonia as being associated with other mental disorders (e.g., psychotic

like thought disorder, paranoid ideation, and/or hallucinations and marked fear or anger 4. Delirium presenting with disorientation and confusion 5. Severe anxiety without psychotic symptoms but often with physical symptoms 6. Psychogenic stupor/catatonia Diagnosis and Treatment:  Adequate history should be obtained either from the patient or accompanying relatives or friends. When the patient is severely disturbed, or confused, can give no history, diagnostic stigmata (e.g., needle tracks, obvious