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Editorial

Phencyclidine-Induced Psychosis Eight-year Follow-up of Ten Cases*

Authors: HARRY H. WRIGHT MD, MBA, ELISABETH A. COLE BS, SHARYN R. BATEY PharmD, MSPH, and, KATIE HANNA BS

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In 1978, we identified ten patients who were hospitalized for phencyclidine-induced psychosis. Over the next eight years, we used their medical records to document their subsequent hospitalizations and psychosocial functioning. The overall outcome for this group of patients was poor, with chronic unemployment, continuing use of illicit drugs, dependence on relatives for shelter and financial support, and repeated hospitalizations being the rule.

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