Trinity Researchers Shed New Light on Delirium Author: Trinity College Dublin

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2. Anything that can be done to decrease episodes of delirium would be a blessing for both patients and

hospital staff.

Delirium can be terrifying, disruptive and dangerous.

The most common cause is over-medication and polypharmacy prescribed by physicians who refuse to pay attention to the adverse effects of their orders. Psychiatrists who do consults in ICU's spend half their time taking patients off multiple drugs after delirium has set in.

This is, in fact, a neurological disorder. It is interesting that they call it a psychiatric disorder here. That is probably because the psychiatrists are the most likely to resolve it.