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How do you differentiate between hyperactive delirium and excited catatonia?

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Psychiatry · Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospitals

This is a highly complex distinction to make for several reasons, not the least of which is that the two conditions can coexist in the same patient at the same time. This has been demonstrated in some recent studies of mainly intensive care delirious patients, though the reported very high incidence...

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