"Bath salts"-induced psychosis in a young woman

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Khan, Sadaf ^a   Shaheen, Farhat ^b   Sarwar, Hina ^c   Molina, Jules ^c   Mushtaq, Saira ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATH SALT; DESIGNER DRUG; HEMOGLOBIN; LORAZEPAM; OLANZAPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; DIAPHORESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MYDRIASIS; PSYCHOSIS; RESTLESSNESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 84875528144     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.12l01417     Document Type: Letter

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