TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1988//
TI  - Toxic psychosis as an acute manifestation of diphenhydramine poisoning
JO  - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift
A1  - Schreiber, Wolfgang
A1  - Pauls, A. M.
A1  - Krieg, J. C.
SP  - 180
EP  - 183
VL  - 113
IS  - 5
N2  - Acute manifestations of a toxic psychosis with optic and tactile hallucinations developed in a 46-year-old woman after having swallowed a total of 1600 mg diphenhydramine with suicidal intent. The acute hallucinations lasted for eight hours and then disappeared completely without any treatment. The patient reported a series of highly plastic and rapidly changing sensations of various insects, such as spiders, beetles and ticks, without any equivalent in reality, which to the patient seemed absolutely real throughout the psychotic episode. Diphenhydramine intoxication is to be differentiated from two organic psychiatric diseases, the dermatozoa delusion syndrome and alcoholic delirium.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>
LA  - de
SN  - 0012-0472
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1067616
ID  - ref1
ER  -