Unsubstantiated complaints of being poisoned. Psychopathology of patients referred to the national poisons unit.
The psychopathology of a series of patients referred to a combined psychiatric-toxicological assessment service with the specific complaint of being, or having been, poisoned is described, and related to the nature of their exposure to incriminated agents. The need for and value of this service are discussed.
Guy's Hospital, London.
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Hutchesson
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Volans
D000328:Adult; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010260:Paranoid Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D011041:Poisoning / Q000523:psychology*