European Delirium Association

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}The European Delirium Association (EDA) was founded in 2005 in order to promote research, education and clinical practice in delirium.{{cite journal|last=MACLULLICH|first=A|author2=MEAGHER, D |author3=LAURILA, J |author4=KALISVAART, K |title=The European Delirium Association|journal=Journal of Psychosomatic Research|date=1 March 2007|volume=62|issue=3|pages=397–398|doi=10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.01.004|pmid=17324691}} It serves as a forum to bring together interested researchers, practitioners and policy makers.

In 2006, the inaugural meeting brought together 50 delegates from the disciplines central to delirium including doctors, nurses, and psychologists working in geriatrics, psychiatry, palliative medicine, pediatrics, and neurology. The association has a broad remit, covering research, clinical practice, and promotion of better care through campaigning at local, national, and international levels. The annual scientific congress addresses a wide spectrum of issues including the latest developments in epidemiology, pathophysiology, phenomenology, treatment (including service models), and delirium advocacy.

In 2011, the EDA received the first Delirium Champion Award from the American Delirium Society. Along with the American Delirium Society, the EDA have provided a framework for the interpretation of delirium diagnostic criteria.{{cite journal|last1=European Delirium Association|last2=American Delirium Society|title=The DSM-5 criteria, level of arousal and delirium diagnosis: inclusiveness is safer.|journal=BMC Medicine|date=8 October 2014|volume=12|issue=1|pages=141|pmid=25300023|doi=10.1186/s12916-014-0141-2|pmc=4177077 |doi-access=free }}

The EDA provides research funding, and has been able to coordinate research across its network.{{cite journal|last1=Fisher|first1=J. M.|last2=Gordon|first2=A. L.|last3=MacLullich|first3=A. M. J.|last4=Tullo|first4=E.|last5=Davis|first5=D. H. J.|last6=Blundell|first6=A.|last7=Field|first7=R. H.|last8=Teodorczuk|first8=A.|title=Towards an understanding of why undergraduate teaching about delirium does not guarantee gold-standard practice--results from a UK national survey|journal=Age and Ageing|date=16 October 2014|doi=10.1093/ageing/afu154|pmid=25324329|volume=44|issue=1|pages=166–170|pmc=4601531}}{{cite journal|last1=Morandi|first1=A|last2=Davis|first2=D|last3=Taylor|first3=JK|last4=Bellelli|first4=G|last5=Olofsson|first5=B|last6=Kreisel|first6=S|last7=Teodorczuk|first7=A|last8=Kamholz|first8=B|last9=Hasemann|first9=W|last10=Young|first10=J|last11=Agar|first11=M|last12=de Rooij|first12=SE|last13=Meagher|first13=D|last14=Trabucchi|first14=M|last15=MacLullich|first15=AM|title=Consensus and variations in opinions on delirium care: a survey of European delirium specialists.|journal=International Psychogeriatrics / IPA|date=December 2013 |volume=25|issue=12|pages=2067–75|pmid=23962713|doi=10.1017/S1041610213001415|pmc=3819184}}{{cite journal|last1=Copeland|first1=C|last2=Fisher|first2=J|last3=Teodorczuk|first3=A|title=Development of an international undergraduate curriculum for delirium using a modified delphi process.|journal=Age and Ageing|date=1 January 2018|volume=47|issue=1|pages=131–137|doi=10.1093/ageing/afx133|pmid=28985242|doi-access=free}}