The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) voted to stop using the term "excited delirium" when referring to patients with hyperactive delirium, joining a host of other medical societies that ...

The American College of Emergency Physicians has said it no longer endorses the term "excited delirium" to describe the controversial syndrome authorities blamed for the 2018 death of Gregory Edwards ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The Colorado House of Representatives passed legislation barring the term “excited delirium” from being used in first responder training or incident reports, or from being listed as a ...

Colorado may soon become only the second state in the country to ban the use of a controversial and pseudo-scientific term called "excited delirium." The now-debunked diagnosis has been widely used by ...

Hyperactive delirium can cause agitation, distress and aggressiveness, while hypoactive delirium can cause someone to become withdrawn and sometimes drowsy. Shutterstock Doctors have described how ...

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. Medical professionals call ...