You are assigned to a client with schizophrenia. You find that this client has lessened reactivity to the environment, rigid posture, resistance to being moved, and even bizarre posturing
Which of the following words is used in psychiatric nursing and the psychiatric field to describe these behaviors of your client? a. catatonia
b. posture fixation
c. neuroleptic malignant syndrome
d. postsynaptic paralytic condition
A
Catatonia is a marked decrease in reactivity to the environment, sometimes reaching an extreme degree of complete unawareness. The catatonic individual maintains a rigid posture and resists efforts to be moved. Catatonia is among the most striking psychotic manifestations.
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