An interesting hypothesis about catatonia- A very interesting hypothesis proposed by Moskowitz (2004) suggests that catatonia may be understood as an evolutionary fear response, originating in ancestral encounters with carni vores whose predatory instincts were triggered by movement . This response, of remaining still, is now expressed in a range of major psychiatric or medical conditions, where catatonic stupor may represent a common ‘end-state’ response to feelings of imminent doom.....
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