People Who Abuse Amphetamines May Be Five Times More Likely To Develop Psychosis Than Non-Users, Data Indicate

HealthDay (2/15, Preidt) reports people who abuse amphetamines may be “five times more likely to develop psychosis than non-users, “researchers concluded after analyzing “data on more than 74,600 illicit amphetamine users in Taiwan and a comparison group of more than 298,000 non-users matched for age and sex.” The findings were published online Feb. 14 in the journal Evidence-Based Mental Health.

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