Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:1546-1548
Copyright © 1978 by American Psychiatric Association
Neurobiological vulnerability to low-dose amphetamine psychosis
MS Gold and MB Bowers Jr
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.