The trip of a lifetime: hallucinogen persisting perceptual disorder.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with perceptual disturbance can present in various clinical settings, and HPPD is an under-recognised diagnostic possibility. Delayed or misdiagnosis prolongs profound functional impairment and social decline, and predisposes the patient to the development of anxiety and depression and related increased risk of suicide. PMID: 28836813 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28836813?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australasian Psychiatry - August 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Anderson L, Lake H, Walterfang M Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research