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Neurobiological vulnerability to low-dose amphetamine psychosis

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.12.1546

The authors present a case to illustrate a model of drug-induced psychosis wherein the drug acts as if it fits with some neurobiological predisposition in the patient. Patients with a good interpersonal developmental history but extreme sensitivity to a psychotomimetic drug may provide a model for neurobiological vulnerability to psychosis.

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