The defense for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin credited "excited delirium" as a contributing factor in George Floyd's death. But this term has no commonly accepted definition. In ...

In videos that show George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis police custody, an officer holding down the Black man’s ankles says, “I just worry about excited delirium or whatever.” Another officer ...

Delirium prevention program leads to fewer cases of new-onset delirium during post-acute rehabilitation stays at a skilled nursing facility. Implementation of a nurse-led education and delirium ...

The parents of a 25-year-old man who died in police custody have been angered by a Home Office pathologist's finding that their son died of "excited delirium", a medical term that is not recognised by ...

In a recent study published in the JAMA Network Open, a group of researchers evaluated the association of in-hospital delirium (sudden, severe confusion and brain function changes) with functional ...

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 ...

In opening statements, the defense for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin invoked the term excited delirium when talking about George Floyd's death. But there is no commonly accepted ...