A 39 years old male patient presents with waxy flexibility, negativism and rigidity. Most probable diagnosis is?
Ans. B. Stuporous catatonia Stuporous (retarded) catatonia : Characterized by extreme retardation of psychomotor function, which includes mutism, rigidity, negativism, posturing, echolalia, Echopraxia, Catalepsy (waxy flexibility), ambitendency, gegenhalten, streotypies, stupor, Mannerism, Grimicing, Automatic obedience, and verbigeration.
Excitatory catatonia
Stuporous catatonia
Paranoid schizophrenia
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