Methamphetamine psychosis: insights from the past
ConclusionsResearch findings from the 1930s to the 1970s suggest that paranoid psychosis should be considered a probable consequence of high‐dose methamphetamine use. Individuals who experience psychotic symptoms for any substantive period after intoxication has ended should be suspected of having a functional non‐organic psychosis, or a latent vulnerability thereto.
Source: Addiction - Category: Addiction Authors: Rebecca McKetin Tags: Addiction Classics Source Type: research
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