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  2. Psychomotor agitation - Wikipedia

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    Psychomotor agitation is a symptom in various disorders and health conditions. It is characterized by unintentional and purposeless motions and restlessness, often but not always accompanied by emotional distress and is always an indicative for admission.

  3. Agitation (dementia) - Wikipedia

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    Agitation in predementia and dementia is distressed affect that leads to poor moods and often aggression toward other people, such as family members and other caregivers. Agitation is often part of dementia and often precedes the diagnosis of common age-related disorders of cognition such as Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  4. Bell's mania - Wikipedia

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    The hyperdopaminergic state triggers aggression, agitation and psychomotor excitement. [6] Additionally, CNS dopamine signaling is active in heart rate, respiration and body temperature regulation. [22] Dopamine imbalance can hence result in hyperthermia, tachycardia, hyperventilation, hypertension and sleep disturbance symptoms. [6] [3]

  5. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] To be classified as alcohol withdrawal syndrome, patients must exhibit at least two of the following symptoms: increased hand tremor, insomnia, nausea or vomiting, transient hallucinations (auditory, visual or tactile), psychomotor agitation, anxiety, generalized tonic–clonic seizures, and autonomic instability. [12]

  6. Major depressive episode - Wikipedia

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    The two main symptoms of a major depressive episode are a depressed mood and a loss of interest or pleasure. [3] From the list below, one bold symptom and four other symptoms must be presented for at least 2 weeks for a diagnosis of a major depressive episode. Weight loss or gain; Change in body activity (psychomotor changes) Change in sleep ...

  7. Catatonia - Wikipedia

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    In the ICD-11, catatonia is defined as a syndrome of primarily psychomotor disturbances that is characterized by the simultaneous occurrence of several symptoms such as stupor, catalepsy, waxy flexibility, mutism, negativism, posturing, mannerisms, stereotypies, psychomotor agitation, grimacing, echolalia, and echopraxia. Catatonia may occur in ...

  8. Mania - Wikipedia

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    Mania is a syndrome with multiple causes. [7] Although the vast majority of cases occur in the context of bipolar disorder, it is a key component of other psychiatric disorders (such as schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type) and may also occur secondary to various general medical conditions, such as multiple sclerosis; certain medications may perpetuate a manic state, for example prednisone ...

  9. Emergence delirium - Wikipedia

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    Emergence delirium is a condition in which emergence from general anesthesia is accompanied by psychomotor agitation. Some see a relation to pavor nocturnus [ 1 ] while others see a relation to the excitement stage of anesthesia .