The concept of drug automatism
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 133 (8) , 948-952
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.8.948
Abstract
The drug-automatism hypothesis implies a medication-induced absence of intentionality for self-poisoning and a relative amnesia for serial or single overdosage. Controversy stems from problems encountered in the formulation and verfication of the hypothesis. The author reviews the literature, presents a case associated with a proprietary sleeping preparation, and discusses psychopharmacological and psychophysiological elements in the mechanism of drug automatism and its differential diagnosis.Keywords
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