Question

Martha has been sitting in a hunched-over position on her hospital bed for several hours. when you speak to her, her position remains unchanged, and she doesn't answer. when you lift her arm, she remains sitting motionless, with her arm in a raised position. martha is most likely suffering from which type of schizophrenia?

Answer 1

Martha is most likely suffering from catatonia, a state in which a person is unable to move because of a disturbed mental state. The state was first described by Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum in 1874 and was known as tension insanity.