title: Drug-induced psychiatric disorders.
abstract: This article is a review of the principal drug-induced psychiatric symptoms that are likely to be encountered in daily clinical practice as a result of drug abuse, overdoses or side effects of drugs prescribed for treatment. Many categories of medication have the potential to produce psychiatric symptoms, but antitubercular drugs, hypotensive agents and steroids have the highest incidence in clinical practice. Additionally, the problems of alcohol are all too frequently overlooked. The variety and frequency of secondary psychiatric symptoms which may be drug-related emphasise the importance of a careful consideration of all drugs taken by a patient with psychiatric complaints, to determine causal association with symptoms.
mesh_terms: D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D000662:Amphetamines / Q000009:adverse effects; D000700:Analgesics / Q000009:adverse effects; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D001463:Barbiturates / Q000009:adverse effects; D001965:Bromides / Q000009:adverse effects; D002188:Cannabis; D003042:Cocaine / Q000009:adverse effects; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000139:chemically induced; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide / Q000009:adverse effects; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced*; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000009:adverse effects; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects; D013256:Steroids / Q000009:adverse effects; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D000662:Amphetamines; D000700:Analgesics; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D001463:Barbiturates; D001965:Bromides; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D013256:Steroids; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide; D003042:Cocaine