Psychotické poruchy zapríčinené užívaním psychoaktívnych látok // SOLEN

Via practica 2/2018

Psychotické poruchy zapríčinené užívaním psychoaktívnych látok

Drug abuse presents a risk not only from the point of view of the development of drug dependence and its consequences, but also from the risk of psychotic symptoms. The article presents the issue of psychotic disorders caused by the use of psychoactive substances. It analyses their occurrence, risk factors, clinical manifestation, diagnostic difficulties and consequences with other mental disorders. It focuses mainly on psychoses caused by drugs that are mostly abused in Slovakia.

Keywords: substance-induced psychoses, cannabis psychoses, methamphetamine psychoses