Excited Delirium and Police Use of Force

In this episode, Kirk and Amelia interview Arjun Byju, a fourth-year medical student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine regarding the diagnosis of Excited Delirium and its problematic application in law enforcement. Background resources are included below.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28990246/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/excited-delirium-police-custody-george-floyd-60-minutes-2020-12-13/

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/04/excited-delirium-how-cops-invented-a-disease

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMpv2030234

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-taser-experts-specialreport/special-report-how-taser-inserts-itself-into-investigations-involving-its-weapons-idUSKCN1B417N