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30 / 03 / 2015

 


Delirious mania: Clinical course and treatment

Aylin Can, Kürşat Altınbaş, Erhan Kurt, Niyazi Uygur.


Abstract
Delirious mania (DM) is a syndrome consists of both mania and delirium, generally with accompanying catatonic features. Symptoms occur in hours or days with or without autonomic symptoms and if it is not treated properly, the clinical course get worse even it may result with death. It is defined variously in the literature as a subgroup of mania, a severe form of mania or a catatonioform disease. There are many case reports on the treatment of DM with benzodiazepines, mood stabilizers or first and second generation antipsychotics although electroconvulsive therapy was reported as the most effective treatment. In this paper, we aimed to review and give detailed clinical information about DM by presenting clinical course of a patient with delirious mania.

Key words: delirious mania, epidemiology, clinical course, treatment


 
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Aylin Can, Kurşat Altınbaş, Erhan Kurt, Niyazi Uygur. [Delirious mania: Clinical course and treatment]. PBS. 2015; 5(1): 40-43. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20140901035042


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Aylin Can, Kurşat Altınbaş, Erhan Kurt, Niyazi Uygur. [Delirious mania: Clinical course and treatment]. https://www.pbsciences.org/?mno=154392 [Access: April 09, 2024]. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20140901035042


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Aylin Can, Kurşat Altınbaş, Erhan Kurt, Niyazi Uygur. [Delirious mania: Clinical course and treatment]. PBS. 2015; 5(1): 40-43. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20140901035042



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Aylin Can, Kurşat Altınbaş, Erhan Kurt, Niyazi Uygur. [Delirious mania: Clinical course and treatment]. PBS. (2015), [cited April 09, 2024]; 5(1): 40-43. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20140901035042



Harvard Style

Aylin Can, Kurşat Altınbaş, Erhan Kurt, Niyazi Uygur (2015) [Delirious mania: Clinical course and treatment]. PBS, 5 (1), 40-43. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20140901035042



Turabian Style

Aylin Can, Kurşat Altınbaş, Erhan Kurt, Niyazi Uygur. 2015. [Delirious mania: Clinical course and treatment]. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 5 (1), 40-43. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20140901035042



Chicago Style

Aylin Can, Kurşat Altınbaş, Erhan Kurt, Niyazi Uygur. "[Delirious mania: Clinical course and treatment]." Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 5 (2015), 40-43. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20140901035042



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Aylin Can, Kurşat Altınbaş, Erhan Kurt, Niyazi Uygur. "[Delirious mania: Clinical course and treatment]." Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 5.1 (2015), 40-43. Print.Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20140901035042



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Aylin Can, Kurşat Altınbaş, Erhan Kurt, Niyazi Uygur (2015) [Delirious mania: Clinical course and treatment]. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 5 (1), 40-43. Turkish. doi:10.5455/jmood.20140901035042