Phencyclidine-induced psychosis: eight-year follow-up of ten cases.
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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University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29202.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001519:Behavior; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010623:Phencyclidine Abuse / Q000150:complications*; D011379:Prognosis; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*