EXCITATION PSYCHOMOTORNOE.

EXCITATION PSYCHOMOTORNOE. In psychiatric practice, the term "excitation" is used to refer to painfully intensified speech or motor activity of a person. Hallucinatory-delirious arousal arises from the influx of menacing hallucinations or the prevalence and clinical picture of delusional ideas of persecution, influence. Excitement is accompanied by anxiety and fear. Patients are tense, alert, angry, they do not for a moment feel the threat looming over them. They are on the delirious treat all that is happening around, everywhere see the danger and enemies; Suddenly try to escape by running, attacking others or injuring themselves. Delirious excitation occurs more often at night, during an influx of menacing visual or auditory (usually imperative) hallucinations. The motor excitation is accompanied by a strong fear, which determines the behavior (the patient, "escaping", jumps out of the window, etc.). Manic excitement is accompanied by an affect of fun, a constant desire for stupid activity, verbal excitement and persistent insomnia. Panic excitation is psychogenic by its nature and represents a senseless motor stimulation (in the form of a "motor storm"), which arose as a result of very strong shocks, catastrophes. Psychopathic agitation is also usually caused by some psychological reasons and usually purposefully. When the patient is held, the excitation increases; The content of speech (demands, threats, abuse) varies depending on the actions of others and the situation. Epileptic excitation occurs when twilight darkening of consciousness, before convulsive seizures or after them, with epileptic psychoses; This excitement is accompanied by a pronounced affect of anger, aggressively destructive actions. Excitation occurs suddenly and in some cases can lead to serious consequences (murder, mutilation, etc.).

Excitation is more often a condition requiring urgent psychiatric care. The main task of an average medical worker in providing assistance to an agitated patient before the arrival of the machine for its transportation to a psychiatric institution is to ensure the safety of the patient and those around him. See also Paranoid Syndrome , Hallucinations , Brad , Manic Syndrome .