Gruner W
Psychiatr Clin (Basel). 1975;8(5):266-76.
A case is reported of a patient with carcinoid syndrome who developed a exogenous psychosis while under treatment with the serotonin-inhibitor p-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA). Partial symptoms similar to delirium and schizophrenia were exhibited. The attached literature survey focuses on the psychological side effects of PCPA treatment. A discussion follows concerning noteworthy phenomenological similarities between the case reported and certain forms of amphetamine psychosis. Common biochemical mechanisms are hypothetically stated.
报告了一例类癌综合征患者，在使用血清素抑制剂对氯苯丙氨酸（PCPA）治疗期间出现了外源性精神病。表现出了类似于谵妄和精神分裂症的部分症状。所附的文献综述聚焦于PCPA治疗的心理副作用。随后讨论了所报告病例与某些形式的苯丙胺精神病之间值得注意的现象学相似性。假设了共同的生化机制。
