TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1988//
TI  - Characteristics of freebase cocaine psychosis
JO  - Yale journal of biology and medicine
A1  - Manschreck, T. C.
A1  - Laughery, J. A.
A1  - Weisstein, C. C.
A1  - Allen, D. N.
A1  - Humblestone, B.
A1  - Neville, M.
A1  - Podlewski, H.
A1  - Mitra, N.
SP  - 115
EP  - 122
VL  - 61
IS  - 2
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0044-0086
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -