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 ...

A newly-developed nomogram prediction model identifies delirium risk among ICU patients using 7 readily available clinical variables.

Research published today (March 20) 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 ...

Older adults who develop delirium during a hospital admission face a substantially higher risk of dementia in later years, ...

Delirium is a type of confusion that develops suddenly—over the course of hours or days—and most commonly affects older adults who are hospitalized or in a long-term care facility. “We refer to ...

New research shows that in-hospital delirium patients are vulnerable during the early posthospitalization period. In-hospital delirium is a predictor of readmission, emergency department visits, and ...

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 ...

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) ...

In her job as a physician at the Boston Medical Center, Sondra Crosby treated some of the first people in her region to get COVID. So when she began feeling sick in April 2020, Crosby wasn’t surprised ...

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 ...