An etiologically nonspecific syndrome characterized by concurrent disturbances of consciousness and attention, perception, thinking, memory, psychomotor behaviour, emotion, and the sleep-wake cycle. It may occur at any age but is most common after the age of 60 years. The delirious state is transient and of fluctuating intensity; most cases recover within 4 weeks or less. However, delirium ... [MORE] 1. Delirium - Definition, differential diagnosis and treatment. 2. Delirium and Psychotic Symptoms - An Integrative Model - Scientific article by Bruce G Charlton and J Lee Kavanau published in Medical Hypotheses. 3. eMedicine - Delirium - Background, causes, differential diagnosis and treatment of this acute confusional state. Article by Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan, MD. 4. Remembering Delirium - Taken from the British Journal of Psychiatry. 5. The Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project - This chapter deals with diagnosis, signs and symptoms, treatment and outcome of delirium.

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