Abuse of Indigenous Psilocybin Mushrooms: A New Fashion and Some Psychiatric Complications
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 132 (6) , 602-604
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.132.6.602
Abstract
Summary: The use for hallucinogenic purposes of an indigenous mushroom, Psilocybe semilanceata indigenous to Britain is reported in three patients. Typical psychedelic, transient psychotic and more prolonged schizophrenia-like states were seen, with sympathomimetic signs noted in two cases, in one being prolonged. Enquiry about such mushroom abuse should be considered in individuals presenting to medical or psychiatric emergency clinics.Keywords
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