Diversity of Psychopathology Associated with use of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (‘Ecstasy’)
The British Journal of Psychiatry September 1, 1994 Philip Mcguire, Helen Cope, Thomas Fahy 187 citations
MDMA (Ecstasy) use may be linked to a wider range of mental health problems than previously recognized. In a series of 13 patients who developed psychiatric symptoms after using MDMA, eight had psychotic syndromes, two experienced visual disturbances, one had panic attacks, one suffered depression, and one reported chronic depersonalization. The psychotic symptoms in these patients closely resembled those seen in psychotic patients with no history of drug use, suggesting MDMA can trigger psychosis similar to primary psychotic disorders.