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Transient psychotic episodes following recreational use of NRG‐3
Author(s) -
Kihara Rhian,
Day Edward
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.331
Subject(s) - recreational drug , recreational use , recreational drug use , recreation , psychology , psychiatry , transient (computer programming) , medicine , drug , political science , law , computer science , operating system
Abstract The increased availability of novel psychoactive substances or ‘legal highs’ over the internet has made screening for recreational drug use much more difficult for doctors in recent years. Here, Drs Kihara and Day describe the case of a young male patient repeatedly presenting with transient psychotic episodes who eventually revealed that each episode had followed the use of NRG‐3 obtained from the internet.