lethal catatonia

lethal catatonia

a form of acute maniacal excitement that in some cases leads to unexplained death. Also called Bell’s mania; deadly catatonia; exhaustion death. See also hypermania. [first described in 1849 by U.S. physician Luther Vose Bell (1806–1862)]

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