Delirium and acute psychosis. Mental states calling for clear diagnostic thinking and careful management.
Management of a delirious or acutely psychotic patient calls for rapid but well-considered decision making by the treating physician. Clear diagnostic thinking is vitally important in making a presumptive diagnosis and forming a treatment plan. Appropriate treatment usually returns patients to a less agitated state and allows for definitive treatment of any underlying illness.
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Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy