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PSEUDODELIRIUM
Author(s) -
Goldney Robert,
Lander Harry
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1979.tb119427.x
Subject(s) - delirium , term (time) , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , intensive care medicine , quantum mechanics , physics
Two case histories are presented which illustrate the fact that acute functional psychoses may simulate delirium. It is suggested that the term “pseudodelirium” may alert clinicians to this possibility, and facilitate the earlier diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illness.