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Concepts of delirium have been evolving over centuries. Still, there are many things we do not know about delirium. | |||
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From 2,500 years concept of delirium has been evolving. In the 16th century, delirium symptoms were getting recognized. In the 19th century delirium was recognized as a consciousness and confusion, but as a mental disorders.<ref>{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = Delirium: how its concept has developed. [Int Psychogeriatr. 1991] - PubMed - NCBI | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1811767 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | From 2,500 years concept of delirium has been evolving. In the 16th century, delirium symptoms were getting recognized. In the 19th century delirium was recognized as a consciousness and confusion, but as a mental disorders.<ref>{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = Delirium: how its concept has developed. [Int Psychogeriatr. 1991] - PubMed - NCBI | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1811767 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | ||
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Overview
Concepts of delirium have been evolving over centuries. Still, there are many things we do not know about delirium.
Historical perspective
From 2,500 years concept of delirium has been evolving. In the 16th century, delirium symptoms were getting recognized. In the 19th century delirium was recognized as a consciousness and confusion, but as a mental disorders.[1]
Sims (1995, p.31) points out a "superb detailed and lengthy description" of delirium in The Stroller's Tale from Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Delirium: how its concept has developed. [Int Psychogeriatr. 1991] - PubMed - NCBI".
- ↑ Sims, Andrew (2002). Symptoms in the mind: an introduction to descriptive psychopathology. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders. ISBN 0-7020-2627-1.
- ↑ Dickens, C. (1837) The Pickwick Papers. Available for free on Project Gutenberg.