What's the difference between delirious and insane?

Delirious


Definition:

  • (a.) Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Bilateral temporal epilepsies involving the limbic system on the one hand, bilateral frontal epilepsies on the other one, and P.M. status which may be paralleled, make these patients more susceptible to acute mental confusions, to acute thymic disorders, to delirious attacks.
  • (2) There were no side-effects of the treatment and it was found easy to administer to toxic and delirious patients.
  • (3) Six patients developed transient delirious episodes during the first 10 postoperative days, three showed symptoms of considerable anxiety, and three developed social and behavioural problems during the convalescent period.
  • (4) Irritability, tremor, seizures and a delirious reaction.
  • (5) The coaching staff are happy because we’ve got a lot of teams we haven’t faced recently and there are a lot of delirious fans here because it is a fantastic fixture and I think the whole of Scotland and England will be looking forward to it.” Wales will have high hopes of reaching the finals for the first time since 1958.
  • (6) The author has analyzed the dynamics of these variants of the asthenic symptom complex to which, with the progression of the process, disturbances of the non-delirious hypochondria type are added.
  • (7) The medical record of these delirious patients was reviewed after discharge for evidence of delirium.
  • (8) This is a character deliriously doomed to repetitive self-indulgence.
  • (9) ICD-10 criteria identified only 30 patients as delirious.
  • (10) Khao Soi Khun Yai, Sri Poom Road, next to Wat Kuan Kama, Old City, North Moat; meal for two £1.60-£3 Warorot evening market Facebook Twitter Pinterest You could pick other food markets (Sompet, Thanin, Chiang Mai Gate, Chang Phuak Gate) and be as deliriously sated, but the night-time street food at Warorot remains special to me.
  • (11) For Sunderland, those moments ended with delirious scenes among their 9,000-strong following.
  • (12) An analysis of clinical manifestations of acute alcoholic hallucinosis over the considered 30 years has pointed to a transformation in the main psychopathological phenomena of psychosis as compared to their description in 1900-1931, characterized by changes in the ratio of the subject of verbal hallucinations and delirious ideas and an increase in the proportion of psychopathological phenomena which were not included in the number of constant manifestations of psychosis and occurred now and then.
  • (13) A differentiated approach to clinical and psychopathological analysis of acute delirious syndromes in schizophrenia is essential for adequate choice of medicosocial measures and epidemiologic investigations.
  • (14) Most frequent were sedation (17%), EEG alterations (16%), increase of liver enzymes (8%), hypotension (7%), hypersalivation (5%), fever (5%), ECG alterations (4%), tachycardia (3%), gastro-intestinal (3%) and delirious states (2%).
  • (15) In addition, MZC induced a slight delirious state with visual and auditory hallucinations at 8 mg in five of six subjects.
  • (16) The occurrence of cerebral seizures in alcoholics was investigated in case histories of 84 delirious and nondelirious male patients.
  • (17) Claudio Ranieri, hands in pockets and outwardly unconcerned, was unaware the final whistle had sounded at the end here while the delirious din of victory reverberated around this arena.
  • (18) Based on a series of known facts on clinical findings and changes in the metabolism of chronic alcoholics and delirious people the possible pathomechanism of cerebral imbalances is presented according to a synopsis.
  • (19) A case is presented in which a 68-year-old man became delirious after being withdrawn from a low dosage of alprazolam.
  • (20) Curative plasmapheresis was used in 10 critically burned patients at the stage of acute burn toxemia with the delirious syndrome with the unfavourable prognosis.

Insane


Definition:

  • (a.) Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2.
  • (a.) Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital.
  • (a.) Causing insanity or madness.
  • (a.) Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) What constitutes a "mental disorder" for purposes of the insanity defense?
  • (2) Existing mental health and criminal justice systems provide social control for some of these dangerous individuals, but may be inadequate to deal with those mentally disordered offenders who were not found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGI).
  • (3) First, I recapped Die Hard 2 – the insane cross-eyed Gizmo of the Die Hard world – a few months ago, and now I'm secretly determined to do the whole series before the Guardian film editors wise up and yank this feature from my warm, live hands.
  • (4) But gas prices hit $5 in California this month, a price consumers think is "insane" .
  • (5) After briefly discussing the limitations of expert testimony and the adversarial demands of the judicial system, the author concludes that the insanity defense should be retained but altered, and that psychiatrists should bear the burdens of advocating for the mentally ill.
  • (6) The review demonstrates that conditional release is particularly important as a means of balancing the protection of society with the treatment of insanity defense acquittees in the least restrictive environment.
  • (7) He has, however, refused to testify, invoking his right to remain silent, while his lawyer has insisted his client is “insane” and therefore unfit for trial.
  • (8) Four forensic psychiatrists were asked to indicate whether they thought 164 defendants met any or all of four insanity tests: 1) the American Law Institute (ALI) cognitive criterion, 2) the ALI volitional criterion, 3) the APA test, and 4) the M'Naghten rule.
  • (9) There is a need for Parliament to consider changes to the law both to prevent the mentally disordered being sent to prison inappropriately, and because the Mental Health Act 1983 has not taken account of rare cases where an offender such as an epileptic might be found legally insane but not mentally disordered.
  • (10) Others are taking the rally at face value and planning to turn up with banners proclaiming themselves part of the reasonable majority, liberal or conservative, against the particular brand of insanity that has swept America since Barack Obama entered the White House.
  • (11) I have to stay moving, going, running, just to keep me from going insane Michael Brown Sr “I lost my boy.
  • (12) A bit insane if you consider that most of the [Asian] lads were born in Rochdale.
  • (13) Documenting the early history of mental illness in North America is complicated by the absence of colonial institutions specializing in the care or management of the insane.
  • (14) Tesla Model-S launch: an electric car to answer even Clarkson's objections Read more Elon Musk’s Tesla has shown that electric vehicles are viable for a business with its Roadster and then Model S , which recently gained a faster dual-motor version with an “insane mode” which reaches 60 miles per hour in under 3.2 seconds.
  • (15) Not only is the use of the insanity defense infrequent, but defendants who select it give up important safeguards.
  • (16) The lawyer defending Anders Behring Breivik, the suspect behind Norway's terror attacks, said on Tuesday he had concluded his client was most likely "insane" and he was baffled that he had asked him to represent him.
  • (17) The treatment of insane persons in the last century is briefly described.
  • (18) The authors propose that, as occurs in tertiary neurosyphilis and general paresis of the insane, Borrelia species may invade the brain, remain in a latent state for many years, and cause dementia in the absence of other focal neurologic deficits.
  • (19) He sounds fresh as a daisy, which is kind of insane.
  • (20) McClure said she believed the "insane amount of media" at the park was keeping officials at bay.