| Stupor | |
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| A patient in catatonic stupor | |
| Specialty | Neurology, Psychiatry |
Stupor is the lack of critical mental function and a level of consciousness, in which an affected person is almost entirely unresponsive and responds only to intense stimuli such as pain.[1] The word derives from the Latin stupor ("numbness, insensibility").[2]
- ^ Gelder, M.; Mayou, R.; Geddes, J. (2005). Psychiatry (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford.
- ^ Berrios, G. E. (1981). "Stupor: A Conceptual History". Psychological Medicine. 11 (4): 677–688. doi:10.1017/S0033291700041179. PMID 7034030. S2CID 26932116.