Always check the personal and family history for serious psychiatric illness. This common condition may be caused by physical illness, several causes simultaneously, or by unknown organic conditions. The presence of a delirium usually means that the patient is seriously medically ill. Delirium is a diagnosis that immediately demands a search for causes. The goal of treatment is to control or reverse symptoms.
Treatment varies with the specific condition causing delirium.
The person should be in a pleasant, comfortable, nonthreatening, physically safe environment for diagnosis and initial treatment.