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Psychosis and recreational use of MDMA (“Ecstasy”)

Year: 1993

Type: article

Abstract: A seventeen year old man attended the National Drug Treatment Centre with a paranoid psychosis following ingestion of Methylene dioxy methamphetamine (MDMA). He had been taking MDMA on a recreational basis over a five month period. Although chronic psychosis after heavy use of MDMA has been reported there are no pervious reports of psychosis following recreational use. This report highlights the psychological dangers of this drug, which has become widely misused in Dublin over the last two years.

Source: Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

DOI: 10.1017/s0790966700012647

Authors: Eamon Keenan, Maurice Gervin, Arthur Dorman, John J O'Connor

Language: English

Topic: Psychedelics and Drug Studies

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2147972658

FWCI: 0.955

Cites: 6

Cited by: 15

Related to: 10