Excited delirium syndrome : cause of death and prevention /: cause of death and prevention. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Theresa G. Di Maio, Vincent J.M. Di Maio.
• Other Names: Di Maio, Theresa; Di Maio, Vincent J. M, 1941-
• Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction to death due to excited delirium syndrome -- 2. History of excited delirium syndrome -- 3. Traditional explanations for death due to excited delirium syndrome -- 4. Physiological reactions to stress -- 5. Effects of drugs on the heart, brain, and sympathetic nervous system -- 6. Synthesis of physiological reactions to stress, natural disease, drugs of abuse, and medications in cases of excited delirium -- 7. Medcio-legal investigations of death due to excited delirium syndrome -- 8. Cases of excited delirium syndrome -- 9. Prevention of excited delirium syndrome : the police and first responders -- 10. Sudden death of the psychiatric patient in mental health facilities -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 144 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.89; Excited delirium syndrome; Prisoners -- Death; Mentally ill -- Death; Psychoses, Substance-induced -- Diagnosis; Delirium -- Diagnosis; Delirium -- Prevention & control; Death, Sudden, Cardicac -- Etiology; Mentally ill; MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology; PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness; MEDICAL -- Mental Health; Delirium -- diagnosis; Psychoses, Substance-Induced -- diagnosis; Death, Sudden, Cardiac -- etiology; Delirium -- prevention & control; Mentally Ill Persons; Restraint, Physical; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0203483472; 9780203483473; 1280282029; 9781280282027; 9781466544123; 1466544120
• Related ISBNs: 0849316111; 9780849316111
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.