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Amphetamine Psychosis—A Model for Paranoid Schizophrenia?

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Amphetamine psychosis is at times strikingly similar to paranoid schizophrenia. How closely the exogenous model fits the endogenous psychosis is of vital interest. If such a model is valid, it would have great potential for explaining paranoid schizophrenia. This chapter presents a review of the strengths and weaknesses of amphetamine psychosis as a model for paranoid schizophrenia.

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Woodrow, K.M., Reifman, A., Wyatt, R.J. (1978). Amphetamine Psychosis—A Model for Paranoid Schizophrenia?. In: Haber, B., Aprison, M.H. (eds) Neuropharmacology and Behavior. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3961-8_1

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