Preface - Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction to death due to excited delirium syndrome -- 2. History of excited delirium syndrome -- 3. Traditional explanations for death due to excited delirium syndrome -- 4. Physiological reactions to stress -- 5. Effects of drugs on the heart, brain, and sympathetic nervous system -- 6. Synthesis of physiological reactions to stress, natural disease, drugs of abuse, and medications in cases of excited delirium -- 7. Medcio-legal investigations of death due to excited delirium syndrome -- 8. Cases of excited delirium syndrome -- 9. Prevention of excited delirium syndrome : the police and first responders -- 10. Sudden death of the psychiatric patient in mental health facilities -- Index.