Waxy flexibility

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  • "Waxy flexibility is disorder of muscle tone which is seen in chronic (catatonia) schizophrenia.
  • waxy flexibility is an extreme form of immobility in which the catatonic's arm or leg remains passively in the position in which it is placed.
  • [-INSERT FIGURE 12 ABOUT HERE-] TRAUMATIC STRESS AND TRANCE STATES In some respects, waxy flexibility is reminiscent of and magnetic apraxia in which there is also a loss of will and where the individual responds to external stimulation and display a complete inability to resist.
  • Waxy flexibility is when the arms or legs remain in the positions they are placed in for long periods of time.
  • -automatic obedience,cataplexy,negativism,is seen in Schizophrenia,CATATONIA STUPOROUS---waxy flexibility is characteristic.

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