The “diagnosis” of excited delirium, a term often used to justify and defend police brutality, disproportionately against Black people, has circulated in the medical canon for more than 25 years. It ...

Doctors use “diagnostic” labels to describe a condition or constellation of symptoms and signs before determining treatment or rendering a prognosis. Diagnostic criteria generally remain static and ...

Research published today in the JAMA Internal Medicine finds that developing postoperative delirium is associated with a 40% faster rate of cognitive decline over those who do not develop delirium.

Before he died last December, Gregory Lloyd Edwards, a 38-year-old U.S. Army veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, was beaten, tased, pepper-sprayed and strapped into a restraint ...

Brooks Walsh hadn't questioned whether "excited delirium syndrome" was a legitimate medical diagnosis before the high-profile police killings of Elijah McClain in Colorado in 2019 and George Floyd in ...

Having to stay in a hospital or long-term care facility is stressful. Not only is a patient sick or injured, but they are in an unfamiliar environment away from their families and may not know the ...

Symptoms of delirium tremens include shaking, hallucinations, and nausea. If you are a heavy alcohol user and want to stop abruptly, talk to your doctor first. (Photo Credit: Amie Brink/WebMD) ...

Lorazepam and other benzodiazepines are typically avoided when managing end-of-life agitated delirium in patients with cancer because these drugs can precipitate, even worsen, delirium. But a new ...

How often have you heard someone exclaim, "You're delirious!" or "You're demented!" in disbelief of another person's apparent deterioration of thoughts/actions? Delirious and demented get used ...

Delirium then as now is a nebulous construct in medicine and the sciences that make up its theoretical foundation. Previous attempts at a history of delirium have imposed a coherent whole upon the ...