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Supersensitivity Psychosis with Concurrent Episodic Vomiting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Katy Malcolm
Katy Malcolm*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield S5 7AU
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Abstract

A patient with a 15-year history of psychiatric illness treated with neuroleptics presented with vomiting, thought alienation, auditory hallucinations and self-neglect. Dopaminergic supersensitivity was diagnosed and increased doses of neuroleptics caused cessation of vomiting. The patient is currently attempting discontinuation of neuroleptics.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 3 , September 1992 , pp. 407 - 409
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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