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Catatonia, motor neglect, and hysterical paralysis: Some similarities and differences
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2003
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.”
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