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So welcome back to the podcast.

I am joined with Dr. Michael Cummings.

This is actually a second time we recorded.

We had some technical issues the first time through.

We are going to be talking about Catatonia.

And I think it would be really important, Dr. Cummings, to start with what are we actually

looking at?

When we talk about Catatonia, if someone did not know what Catatonia was at all, let's

go through and describe it.

Let's just describe aspects of the history of it, because it's something that, in some

studies, it says that 10% of acutely ill psychiatric patients, so patients who are in a psychiatric

hospital, have been diagnosed with Catatonia.

Now, I don't know if that's as high in all institutions, but yeah, so let's start with

just the definition of what we're looking for.

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