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Yale J Biol Med. 1988 Mar-Apr; 61(2): 115–122.
PMCID: PMC2590279
Characteristics of freebase cocaine psychosis.
T. C. Manschreck, J. A. Laughery, C. C. Weisstein, D. Allen, B. Humblestone, M. Neville, H. Podlewski, and N. Mitra
Department of Psychiatry, Erich Lindemann Mental Health Center Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
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.
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