While he built a career playing villains, gangsters, and grumpy old men, De Niro's most unexpected role was very different.

A psychiatrist explains a new study into the causes and features of catatonia, a brain condition that causes people to 'freeze' their bodies in position, sometimes for months at a time.

Ben Tarver, 29, suffered debilitating night terrors, which were the first symptoms of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, a rare autoimmune disorder that landed him in the ICU.

Until recently, catatonia had been considered a subtype of schizophrenia. This meant that any patient exhibiting catatonic symptoms would get the diagnosis of catatonia only if he or she were ...

Wendy Williams was "at death's door" in 2020 as a result of her alcohol abuse before her friends intervened and had her hospitalized.

Tamika Sueann-Rose Chesser, 34, has been charged with the murder of her partner Julian Story, 39, who was found decapitated in the couple's South Australia home in a horrific scene, with a search ...

The family of a college student in Massachusetts who fell out of a second-story window during a sorority party says that she has suffered "catastrophic" injuries — and that the Greek ...

Weeks before George Clooney called on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, the seemingly "catatonic" commander-in-chief failed to recognize the actor, who he's known for years.

Catatonia is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome distinguished by a diverse array of motor, cognitive, and affective disturbances. Once primarily associated with schizophrenia, modern diagnostic ...

Did you know that certain medications can cause symptom of 'Catatonic reaction'. Find these drugs listed on the page and be warned of similar symptoms as possible side-effects.

Catatonia, a mysterious and often misunderstood condition, presents itself as a range of motor and behavioural abnormalities. As per a study led by the Banner University Medical Centre, Phoenix ...