Unsubstantiated Complaints of being Poisoned Psychopathology of Patients Referred to the National Poisons Unit
- 2 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 154 (1) , 34-40
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.154.1.34
Abstract
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.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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