Citation

Hyde AP. Schizophr. Bull. 1990; 16(3): 371-2; discussion 373-5.

Affiliation

Psychiatric Hospital, Columbia, SC 29203.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Publisher Oxford University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1981106

Abstract

This article addresses itself to the apparent conflict between those reports indicating that caffeine affects schizophrenic behavior and the present study which failed to show substantial behavior or medication changes with caffeine. It is suggested that there are important subgroups of schizophrenic patients who are unusually sensitive to caffeine's apparent psychotogenic actions as reported in case reports and data on violence and destruction. It is also suggested that there are subgroups of schizophrenia which seem to require increased medication doses to "cover" caffeine effects.

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