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Abuse of Indigenous Psilocybin Mushrooms: A New Fashion and Some Psychiatric Complications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

C. Hyde ,
G. Glancy ,
P. Omerod ,
D. Hall  and
G. S. Taylor
C. Hyde
Affiliation:
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Swinton Grove, Manchester M13 0E
G. Glancy
Affiliation:
Manchester Royal Infirmary
P. Omerod
Affiliation:
East Birmingham Hospital
D. Hall
Affiliation:
Gaskell House, Manchester Royal Infirmary
G. S. Taylor
Affiliation:
Manchester University
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Summary

The use for hallucinogenic purposes of an indigenous mushroom, Psilocybe semilanceata indigenous to Britain is reported in three patients. Typical psychedelic, transient psychotic and more prolonged schizophrenia-like states were seen, with sympathomimetic signs noted in two cases, in one being prolonged. Enquiry about such mushroom abuse should be considered in individuals presenting to medical or psychiatric emergency clinics.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 132 , Issue 6 , June 1978 , pp. 602 - 604
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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