Toluene associated schizophrenia-like psychosis

Sir, Inhalants are commonly abused drugs in adolescent population though often unrecognized. On long‐term use they can result in serious sequels like optic atrophy and psychosis, resembling schizophrenia, and thus need awareness among physicians and psychiatrists. While there have been case reports on inhalant abuse in India,[1] there has been no report describing psychosis following toluene use. In this report we describe a patient presenting with psychosis following toluene use and improvement of psychosis with abstinence.