| Literature DB >> 3407210 |
T C Manschreck1, J A Laughery, C C Weisstein, D Allen, B Humblestone, M Neville, H Podlewski, N Mitra.
Abstract
Psychosis was present in 29 percent of cocaine-disordered patients hospitalized in 1985 during an epidemic of freebase cocaine abuse in the Bahamas. Record reviews revealed that a variety of psychotic phenomenologic patterns were present. Prior major mental disorders and increased dosage of cocaine were more common among psychotic than non-psychotic patients. Violent behavior was common among cocaine patients, especially those with psychosis. We conclude that freebase cocaine psychosis is neither rare nor benign.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID： 3407210 PMCID： PMC2590279
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Yale J Biol Med ISSN： 0044-0086