Citation

Paetzold W, Schneider U, Emrich HM, Oehlschläger P. Psychiatr. Prax. 1999; 26(3): 147-148.

Vernacular Title

Engelstrompeten: Falldarstellung einer drogeninduzierten Psychose durch

Affiliation

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Abteilung Klinische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10412714

Abstract

A case of a psychosis induced by ingestion of blossoms of the solanum Brugmansia insigniis is presented. This plant is used by young persons as a hallucinogenic drug. The psychopathology of this kind of intoxication has not been documented in the literature up to now. It is characterized by anticholinergic effects (e.g. mydriasis), disturbances of orientation, incoherent thoughts, flight of ideas, tangential thinking illusions, auditory hallucinations (e.g. verbal hallucinations), visual hallucinations and affective lability. In addition to hyoscine (scopolamine) and atropine, hallucinogenic effects may be related to previously identified alkaloids.

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