Late at night you are watching an old movie on TV that is set in a mental institution. One of the main characters spends most of his time frozen in a bizarre posture

Occasionally he refuses to do what is requested of him and sometimes he waves his arms in a windmill fashion. This patient would probably be classified as having the ________ type of schizophrenia.

a. paranoid
b. catatonic
c. undifferentiated
d. residual


Answer: b. catatonic

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