Motor Behavior (Conation)

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Echopraxia

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Pathological imitation of movements of one person by another

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Catalepsy

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General term for an immobile position that is constantly maintained

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Catonic excitement

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Agitated, purposeless motor activity, uninfluenced by external stimuli

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Catatonoc stupor

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Markedly slowed motor activity, often to a point of immobility

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Catatonic rigidity

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Voluntary assumption of a rigid posture, held against all efforts to be moved

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Catatonic posturing

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Voluntary assumption of an inappropriate or bizarre posture generally maintained for long periods

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Cerea flexibilitas

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The person can be molded into a position that is then maintained

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Negativism

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Motiveless resistance to all attempts to be moved or to all instructions

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Cataplexy

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Temporary loss of muscle tone and weakness precipitated by a variety of emotional states

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Stereotypy

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repetitive fixed pattern of physical action or speech

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Mannerism

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Ingrained, habitual involuntary movement

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Automatism

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Automatic performance of an act or acts generally representative of unconscious symbolic activity

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Command automatism

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Automatically following a suggestion

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Mutism

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Voicelessness without structural abnormalities

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Psychomotor agitation

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Excessive motor and cognitive overactivity, usually nonproductive and in response to inner tension

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Hyperactivity

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Restless, aggressive, destructive activity, often associated with some underlying brain pathology

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Akathisia

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Subjective feeling of muscular tension, secondary to antipsychotic or other medication. Can cause restlessness, pacing, repeated sitting and standing (often mistaken for psychotic agitation)

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Compulsion

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Uncontrollable impulse to perform an act repetitively

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Nymphomania

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Excessive compulsive need for coitus in a woman

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Satyriasis

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Excessive compulsive need for coitus in a man

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Trichotillomania

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Compulsion to pull out one’s hair

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Ataxia

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Failure of muscle coordination, irregularity of muscle action

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Hypoactivity

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Decreased motor and cognitive activity, visible slowing of thought, speech and movements

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Acting out

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Direct expression of an unconscious wish or impulse in action

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Abulia

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Reduced impulse to act and think, associated with indifference about consequences of action