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*Thought to arise in the context of severe chronic mental disorders (e.g. schizophrenia) and protracted cocaine binges.<ref name=pmid9645173>{{Cite journal | last1 = Pollanen | first1 = MS. | last2 = Chiasson | first2 = DA. | last3 = Cairns | first3 = JT. | last4 = Young | first4 = JG. | title = Unexpected death related to restraint for excited delirium: a retrospective study of deaths in police custody and in the community. | journal = CMAJ | volume = 158 | issue = 12 | pages = 1603-7 | month = Jun | year = 1998 | doi = | PMID = 9645173 | PMC = 1229410 | url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1229410}}</ref> | *Thought to arise in the context of severe chronic mental disorders (e.g. schizophrenia) and protracted [[cocaine]] binges.<ref name=pmid9645173>{{Cite journal | last1 = Pollanen | first1 = MS. | last2 = Chiasson | first2 = DA. | last3 = Cairns | first3 = JT. | last4 = Young | first4 = JG. | title = Unexpected death related to restraint for excited delirium: a retrospective study of deaths in police custody and in the community. | journal = CMAJ | volume = 158 | issue = 12 | pages = 1603-7 | month = Jun | year = 1998 | doi = | PMID = 9645173 | PMC = 1229410 | url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1229410}}</ref> | ||
*Thought to result from alteration of dopamine receptor density. The D2 receptor in particular, which is thought to be important in temperature regulation, is decreased in psychotic cocaine abusers.<ref name=pmid8768172/> | *Thought to result from alteration of dopamine receptor density. The D2 receptor in particular, which is thought to be important in temperature regulation, is decreased in psychotic cocaine abusers.<ref name=pmid8768172/> | ||