Adverse effects of khat: A review

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 456-463

  Cox, Glenice ^a   Rampes, Hagen ^b,c  

^a Oxford Higher Psychiatric Training ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CATHINONE; HALOPERIDOL; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; THIORIDAZINE;

AFRICA; AGITATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; EUPHORIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HABIT; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; MANIA; MASTICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIGRATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; URINALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0242467093     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.9.6.456     Document Type: Review

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