...James Lindesay The concept of delirium has a long and confusing history. This article outlines the development of ideas relating to core features of the syndrome: disturbance of consciousness, disturbance of cognition, its course and its external causation. The modern concept of delirium...

...G.J. Tucker This paper reviews the history of the development of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) using the diagnostic category of delirium as an example. It also attempts to show how clinical practice and experience has molded the current...

...David H. Ingvar This is a brief history of the use of brain imaging in neuropsychology and psychiatry. There are two main parts. The first concerns brain imaging using regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) measurements with xenon clearance. The 2-dimensional rCBF techniques have been used since 1961...