mental confusion
Sign in to saveIn psychology, confusion is the quality or emotional state of being bewildered or unclear. The term acute mental confusion is often used interchangeably with delirium in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems and the Medical Subject Headings publications to describe the pathology. These refer to the loss of orientation, or the ability to place oneself correctly in the world by time, location and personal identity. Mental confusion is sometimes accompanied by disordered consciousness (the loss of linear thinking) and memory loss (the inability to co
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62,929 papers- Delirium, confusion, or altered mental status as a risk for abnormal head CT in older adults in the emergency department: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2023
- Clarifying confusion: the confusion assessment method. A new method for detection of delirium.Annals of internal medicine · 1990
- [Mental confusion in the elderly].Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) · 2005
- Mental confusion.Nursing the elderly : in hospital, homes and the community · 1989
- [Mental confusion].La Revue de medecine interne · 2012
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- Differential diagnosis
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In psychology, confusion is the quality or emotional state of being bewildered or unclear. The term acute mental confusion is often used interchangeably with delirium in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems and the Medical Subject Headings publications to describe the pathology. These refer to the loss of orientation, or the ability to place oneself correctly in the world by time, location and personal identity. Mental confusion is sometimes accompanied by disordered consciousness (the loss of linear thinking) and memory loss (the inability to correctly recall previous events or learn new material).
==Etymology== The word confusion derives from the Latin verb confundere, which means "confuse, mix, blend, pour together, disorder, embroil."