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Substance-Induced Psychotic Symptoms

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Psychosis can be brought on by a number of different substances such as alcohol, cannabis, sedatives, cocaine, stimulants, and hallucinogens. For some substances the psychosis is predominant in the acute phase (cannabis, cocaine, stimulants, and hallucinogens), but for others the withdrawal phase infers the heightened risk (alcohol and sedatives). Some drugs may also increase the risk of longer lasting psychotic disorders (cannabis and central stimulants), but it remains an area of dispute whether these drugs cause the primary psychosis or whether they precipitate psychosis in individuals who are already vulnerable. This chapter reviews the literature on this topic and gives advice on the treatment of acute and prolonged psychotic illness in relationship to drug use, including delirium tremens caused by withdrawal from alcohol or sedatives.

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  1. Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Jørgen G. Bramness

  2. Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Johan Franck

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    Geert Dom

  2. Clinical Psychological Service and Department, University Hospital of Psychiatry & University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Franz Moggi

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Bramness, J.G., Franck, J. (2015). Substance-Induced Psychotic Symptoms. In: Dom, G., Moggi, F. (eds) Co-occurring Addictive and Psychiatric Disorders. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45375-5_7

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