Excited Delirium and Sudden Death: A Syndromal Disorder at the Extreme End of the Neuropsychiatric Continuum

Over the past decade, the excited delirium syndrome (ExDS) has raised continuous controversy regarding the cause and manner of death of some highly agitated persons who die in police custody, during physical restraint or incapacitation by electrical devices. At autopsy, medical examiners have diff...

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Main Author: Deborah Carmen Mash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2016.00435/full