The term ‘excited delirium’ has been associated with a number of recent high-profile deaths in law enforcement custody. George Floyd, Tommy McGlothen, Eric Parsa, and for Ronald Greene, the Union ...

In 2019, a 23-year-old, slightly built man with autism spectrum disorder went to an Aurora, Colorado convenience store to buy a drink. Elijah McClain was wearing a ski-type mask—an odd choice for ...

For the first time in more than 25 years, the APA has updated its delirium guideline, going beyond psychiatry with ...

Bella Quinto-Collins was celebrating her 21st birthday with her family on Sunday when she got the news they'd all been waiting for: California had just become the first state to ban “excited delirium” ...

SAN DIEGO — "'C'mon, man...dude, it's not like that, man...No, you can't do that...help...help" Seconds later, 45-year-old Buddy Nichols was dead. A San Diego ...

Delirium is a serious but often treatable condition that can happen suddenly to someone who is unwell. It’s much more common in older people, especially those with dementia. Delirium is a change in a ...

In her late 60s, your mom goes to the hospital for a urinary tract infection. Within hours, she's confused and agitated, insisting she's at home and not in a hospital bed.

If you are starting to notice cognitive changes in your parents or aging loved ones, you might want to educate yourself on the differences between delirium and dementia. As our county ages, a paradigm ...

Let’s start this blog entry with a story. A woman in her eighties lives alone (her husband died two years earlier). A friend phones her and is alarmed that whereas two days ago the old lady was fine, ...

The risk for delirium is elevated among older hospitalized adults from minority or socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds, a 7-year analysis finds.

A study on low-dose ketamine infusions for acute pain found delirium rates were lowest in those <65 but nearly doubled in patients ≥80 years.