Abuse of Indigenous Psilocybin Mushrooms: A New Fashion and Some Psychiatric Complications
The British Journal of Psychiatry June 1, 1978 Clive E. Hyde, Graham Glancy, P. Omerod et al. 47 citations
Summary The use for hallucinogenic purposes of an indigenous mushroom, Psilocybe semilanceata indigenous to Britain is reported in three patients. Typical psychedelic, transient psychotic and more prolonged schizophrenia-like states were seen, with sympathomimetic signs noted in two cases, in one being prolonged. Enquiry about such mushroom abuse should be considered in individuals presenting...