Preface - Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to death due to excited delirium syndrome
2. History of excited delirium syndrome
3. Traditional explanations for death due to excited delirium syndrome
4. Physiological reactions to stress
5. Effects of drugs on the heart, brain, and sympathetic nervous system
6. Synthesis of physiological reactions to stress, natural disease, drugs of abuse, and medications in cases of excited delirium
7. Medcio-legal investigations of death due to excited delirium syndrome
8. Cases of excited delirium syndrome
9. Prevention of excited delirium syndrome : the police and first responders
10. Sudden death of the psychiatric patient in mental health facilities
Index.