Citation

Jager AD, Sireling L. Aust. N. Zeal. J. Psychiatry 1994; 28(2): 331-332.

Affiliation

Heatherton Hospital, Victoria.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7993291

Abstract

A paranoid psychosis, resembling amphetamine psychosis, caused by chewing Khat (stems and leaves from the plant Catha edulis) has been well described. Our case demonstrates the natural history of Khat psychosis which, in previous case reports, has been vigorously treated with major tranquillisers.

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