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A Case of Recurrent Psychosis Associated with Amphetamine Addiction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

P. M. O'Flanagan  and
R. B. Taylor
P. M. O'Flanagan
Affiliation:
The Pastures Hospital, Mickleover, Derby
R. B. Taylor
Affiliation:
The Pastures Hospital, Mickleover, Derby
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Although psychotic attacks following overdoses of amphetamine are well known, the following case is reported because it appears unusual in that repeated attacks of mental illness, over a period of several years, have occurred following the ingestion of this drug.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 96 , Issue 405 , October 1950 , pp. 1033 - 1036
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1950 

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