Milton frightens his family with his wild talking and frantic activity. Confined in a mental hospital for several days, he becomes completely immobile. He takes awkward postures for hours on end and allows himself to be arranged by others. With what symptoms of schizophrenia is Milton presenting? a. disorganized symptomsb. bipolar symptomsc. catatonic symptomsd. paranoid symptoms

Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder. People with schizophrenia usually experience distortions of reality, often experiencing delusions or hallucinations.

One of the symptoms they experience are the catatonic symptoms, these catatonic symptoms refer to unusual styles and levels of physical movement.

The main catatonic symptoms that can be present in someone with schizophrenia are:

stupor (a state close to unconsciousness)
catalepsy (trance seizure with rigid body)
waxy flexibility (limbs stay in the position another person puts them in)
mutism (lack of verbal response)
negativism (lack of responses)
posturing (holding a posture that fights gravity)
stereotypy (repetitive movements for no reason)
agitation
echolalia (meaningless repetition of another person’s word)
echopraxia (meaningless repetition of another person’s movements)

In this example Milton takes awkward postures for hours of end (this is an example of posturing) and allows himself to be arranged by others (this is an example of waxy flexibility). Therefore, he is presenting the catatonic symptoms of schizophrenia.