Hallucinatory delirium following use of MDPV: "Bath Salts"

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 525-526

  Penders, Thomas M ^a   Gestring, Richard ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; HALOPERIDOL; KETONE DERIVATIVE; METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; RISPERIDONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGER; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIRIUM; DISTRACTIBILITY; DRUG ABUSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INSOMNIA; MALE; PARANOIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIOXOLES; DELIRIUM; DESIGNER DRUGS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; PYRROLIDINES; RISPERIDONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052704897     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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