The profile of psychiatric symptoms exacerbated by methamphetamine use

Methamphetamine and amphetamine (hereafter referred to collectively as methamphetamine) can produce a transient psychosis almost indistinguishable from acute paranoid schizophrenia (Angrist et al., 1974; Angrist and Gershon, 1970; Connell, 1966; McKetin et al., 2013). Differentiating between the two conditions with the existing diagnostic criteria is difficult based on presenting symptoms, resulting in misdiagnosis, suboptimal follow-up with a potentially poorer prognosis (Mathias et al., 2008).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - January 29, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Rebecca McKetin, Sharon Dawe, Richard A. Burns, Leanne Hides, David J. Kavanagh, Maree Teesson, Ross McD. Young, Alexandra Voce, John B. Saunders Tags: Full length article Source Type: research