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Nicotine patches and paranoid psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Irene Dove Cormac
Affiliation:
St Mary's Lodge, 12 St Mary's Road, Leamington Spa, Warks, CV31 1JN, England

Abstract

A patient was admitted with an acute paranoid psychosis. Prior to her illness, she had been using Nicobate patches while still smoking. The relationship between the two are discussed.

Type
Clinical and Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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