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Prospective Assessment of Transient Cocaine‐Induced Psychotic Symptoms in a Clinical Setting
Author(s) -
Vorspan Florence,
Bloch Vanessa,
Brousse Georges,
Bellais Laetitia,
Gascon Julien,
Lépine JeanPierre
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00181.x
Subject(s) - abstinence , psychosis , cocaine use , psychiatry , cocaine dependence , prospective cohort study , medicine , psychology , anesthesia , addiction
Cocaine use is associated with the occurrence of transient psychotic symptoms. Sixteen poly‐substance abusers already in treatment, who were diagnosed with crack dependence, were assessed twice: at baseline and after 3 weeks of medical management specifically aimed at cocaine abstinence. The psychotic symptoms were assessed with the French version of the Scale for Assessment of Positive Symptoms–Cocaine‐Induced Psychosis (SAPS‐CIP). There was a decrease of both cocaine intake and psychotic symptoms at week 3 (Wilcoxon's Z, p < .001 and .028, respectively). Furthermore, there was a significant correlation between psychotic symptoms and dose reduction (r 2 = .49, Spearman's ρ= .613, p < .012) . (Am J Addict 2011;20:535–537)