Psychopathological effects of psychostimulant substances and psychotic onset: the difficult process of differential diagnosis between substance-induced psychosis and acute primary psychosis

Among the psychopathological effects induced by stimulants there can be a variety of psychotic-like experiences that can resolve in a matter of hours or within a few days without clinical treatment, or can instead constitute initial symptoms of a primary psychosis. The objective of this paper is t...

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Published in:	Psychiatria i Psychologia Kliniczna
Main Author:	Emanuela Atzori
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Medical Communications Sp. z o.o. 2015-12-01
Subjects:	psychotic onset substance-induced psychosis primary psychosis differential diagnosis psychotherapeutic treatment
Online Access:	http://www.psychiatria.com.pl/index.php/wydawnictwa/2015-vol-15-no-4/psychopathological-effects-of-psychostimulant-substances-and-psychotic-onset-the-difficult-process-of-differential-diagnosis-between-substance-induced-psychosis-and-acute-primary-psychosis?aid=546