PSYCHIATRIC SEQUELAE OF MDMA (ECSTASY) AND RELATED DRUGS

Authors
CASSIDY G BALLARD CG
Citation
G. Cassidy et Cg. Ballard, PSYCHIATRIC SEQUELAE OF MDMA (ECSTASY) AND RELATED DRUGS, Irish journal of psychological medicine, 11(3), 1994, pp. 132-133
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Irish journal of psychological medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
07909667
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
132 - 133
Database
ISI
SICI code
0790-9667(1994)11:3<132:PSOM(A>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Two cases of psychiatric disorder temporally related to the abuse of h allucinogenic amphetamines 3, 4 methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDMA), meth ylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) and methylenedioxyethylamphetamine (MDEA) are described, suggesting that a variety of psychiatric morbidity may be precipitated by abuse of these drugs, including paranoid psychosis, mixed affective psychosis and symptoms of obsessive compulsive disord er.