Table 1 Incidence of specific features observed
From: Clinical features of delirious mania: a series of five cases and a brief literature review
Specific features | Incidence |
|---|---|
Having 2 or more episodes of delirious mania | 2/5 (patient 1 and 2) |
Delirium resolving faster than mania | 4/5 (exception: 2nd episode of patient 1) |
Fulfilled Fink’s criteria of catatonia | 2/5 (patient 2* and 3) |
Fulfilled criteria of catatonia in DSM-IV | 3/5 (patient 1*, 2* and 3) |
Treatment of pharmacotherapy and ECT | 2/5 (patient 3 and 4) |
Delirious mania remitted within 7 sessions of ECT | 2/2 |
Treatment: only pharmacotherapy | 3/5 (patient 1, 2 and 5) |
Delirious mania lasting over 2 months | 1/3 (patient 1 had 2 episodes) |