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Catatonia, motor neglect, and hysterical paralysis: Some similarities and differences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

John C. Marshall ,
Jennifer M. Gurd  and
Gereon R. Fink
John C. Marshall
Affiliation:
University Department of Clinical Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE United [email protected]@clinical-neurology.ox.ac.uk
Jennifer M. Gurd
Affiliation:
University Department of Clinical Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE United [email protected]@clinical-neurology.ox.ac.uk
Gereon R. Fink
Affiliation:
Institute of Medicine, Research Center Jülich, Jülich, [email protected]
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Abstract

We outline some ways in which motor neglect (the underutilization of a limb despite adequate strength) and hysterical paralysis (failure to move a limb despite no relevant structural damage or disease) may throw light on the pathophysiology of catatonia. We also comment on the manifold inadequacies of distinguishing too firmly between symptoms of “neurologic origin” and of “psychiatric origin.”

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 5 , October 2002 , pp. 587 - 588
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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