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Delirium : Treatments

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Treatments List

Treatments could include:
  • Reality Orientation
  • Treatment of Underlying Disorders

Treatments Overview Articles

Delirium
The goal of treatment is to control or reverse the cause of the symptoms. Treatment depends on the condition causing delirium.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 13, 2008
Delirium
Treatment of delirium begins with recognizing and treating the underlying cause. Delirium itself is managed by reducing disturbing stimuli, or providing soothing ones; use of simple, clear language in communication; and reassurance, especially fro...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Delirium
Clinicians must be vigilant to aggressively identify the underlying etiology of delirium, since the condition is a medical emergency. Symptomatic treatment for delirium may include the use of antipsychotic drugs.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Delirium
Treating delirium means treating the underlying illness that is its basis. This could include correcting any chemical disparities within the body, such as electrolyte imbalances, the treatment of an infection, reduction of a fever, or removal of a...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders

Specific Treatments Articles

Behavioral Therapy
Behavioral therapy, or behavioral modification, is a psychological technique based on the premise that specific, observable, maladaptive, badly adjusted, or self-destructing behaviors can be modified by learning new, more appropriate behaviors to ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Behavior Modification
The box-like structure and people''s misunderstandings about behavioral psychology contributed to the misconception that Skinner was experimenting on his daughter and also probably prevented the crib from becoming a commercial success. People got t...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Behavior modification
Behavior modification is a treatment approach, based on the principles of operant conditioning, that replaces undesirable behaviors with more desirable ones through positive or negative reinforcement.Behavior modification is used to treat a variet...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Behavior Therapy
Behavior therapy was developed during the 1950s by researchers and therapists critical of the psychodynamic.treatment methods that prevailed at the time. It drew on a variety of theoretical work, including the classical conditioning principles of ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
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