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A cerebral computed tomography study of patients with drug-induced psychoses

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Twelve male patients with chronic drug consumption including cannabis (ICD=304.3) and morphine (ICD=304.7), who required inpatient treatment for drug-induced paranoid hallucinatory states (ICD=292.1) were investigated using computed tomography for macroscopic structural changes in the brain. The findings were compared with those in a control group of schizophrenic patients who did not consume drugs. The brain scans were measured and not show any significant morphological differences between the two groups.

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  1. Psychiatrische Klinik des Buergerhospitals der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, Tunzhofer Strasse 14-16, W-7000, Stuttgart 1, Germany

    Gerhard A. Wiesbeck & Karl-Ludwig Taeschner

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Wiesbeck, G.A., Taeschner, KL. A cerebral computed tomography study of patients with drug-induced psychoses. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Nuerosci 241, 88–90 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02191147

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