Bath salts-induced delirium and brief psychotic episode in an otherwise healthy young man

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Sharma, Taral R ^a   Iskandar, Joseph W ^a   Ali, Rizwan ^a   Shah, Urvi R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PDU Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATH SALT; INORGANIC SALT; METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; PERPHENAZINE; PYROVALERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIPRASIDONE;

ADULT; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRIEF PSYCHOTIC DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DELIRIUM; DELUSIONAL MISIDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LACERATION; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84863994323     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.11l01224     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Emergency department visits after use of a drug sold as "bath salts"-Michigan, November 13, 2010-March 31, 2011. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6019a6.htm?s_cid=mm6019a6_w. Accessed December 7, 2011.