title: Acute brain syndromes.
abstract: Four hundred and nine cases of acute brain syndrome, encountered in psychiatric consultations among 54,942 general hospital patients over a 5 year period, fell into 4 groups according to symptom picture: lethargic, bewildered, agitated and psychotic. Treatment included reality orientation, protection and pharamacologic measures.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000523:psychology; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000523:psychology; D012894:Sleep Stages