
What Causes Adults To Behave As Children?

Possible behaviour regression.
Detailed Answer:
I read your question carefully and I understand your concern.
From the description of her symptoms and behaviour, as well as what you have been told at the hospital it seems like behaviour regression. It is a type of psychological defensive mechanism where an individual under stress, when the amount of stress is too much for him/her to handle becoming unacceptable, reverts to an earlier stage of development.
However since the situation persists, especially if there is any other symptoms like fever, headache, vomiting, weakness of the limbs on one side, seizure etc, I believe you should present yourself again at the ER to make sure there are no other possible causes like nervous system infection or stroke.
If those possibilities are excluded, then I believe a psychiatric consult is necessary. Psychotherapy is the most common management strategy.
I hope to have been of help.

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