Catatonic schizophrenia is associated with

- Catatonic schizophrenia is a type of schizophrenia that includes extremes of behavior.- It includes motor symptoms.- At one end of the extreme the patient cannot speak, move or respond - there is a dramatic reduction in activity where viually all movement stops, as in a catatonic stupor.- At the other end of the extreme they are overexcited or hyperactive, sometimes mimicking sounds (echolalia) or movements (echopraxia) around them - often referred to as catatonic excitement.