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Originally Posted by Sparks
I don't think we should be talking about so-called "excited delirium" as though it's anything more than a hypothetical condition. From the article oilers_fan posted:
They also mention that it is not listed on the DSM-IV, so it's not really diagnosable. There may well be something that ends up being called "excited delirium" but I think the people doing autopsies and the police are doing us a grave disservice by listing a theoretical condition as the cause of death. It doesn't answer any questions.
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Believe what you want and call it what you want. I have seen it first hand.
The key to the article is that it is clearly understudied and rare.
Fact is, several if not the majority of in custody deaths, those occurring post physical altercation, occur to subjects that all display similar symptoms.