Dr. O discusses the remaining hyperactive or “excited” signs of catatonia including echolalia, echopraxia, and agitation.  In previous episodes, Dr. O discussed other hyperactive or “excited” signs, including mannerisms and stereotypy.  All of these signs share the common feature that the patient is doing something odd, repetitive, or unexpected.  Dr. O also gets on his soap box about the arbitrary use of the term agitation to describe patients.

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