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Phentermine and Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

G. S. Devan
G. S. Devan*
Affiliation:
Woodbridge Hospital, Jalan Woodbridge, Republic of Singapore 1955
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Abstract

A case of paranoid psychosis induced by phentermine in a young woman with no previous history of psychiatric illness is presented.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 3 , March 1990 , pp. 442 - 443
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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