An episode of mania following self‐reported ingestion of psilocybin mushrooms in a woman previously not diagnosed with bipolar disorder: A case report
H. Hendin, Andrew Penn
Bipolar Disorders May 2, 2021 DOI: 10.1111/bdi.13095 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Case study Case report Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 1 |
| Population | 21-year-old female-identifying woman with a family history of bipolar disorder who was hospitalized for a brief psychotic episode later diagnosed as mania |
| Dose | a substantial amount |
| Topics | Psilocybin |
| Key findings | The authors present the case of a 21-year-old woman whose first manic episode, initially a brief psychotic episode, she attributes to recreational consumption of a substantial amount of Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms; she had a family history of bipolar disorder but no prior mania or bipolar diagnosis. No treatment, outcome, or causal conclusion is reported in the available text. |
Abstract
NT is a 21-year-old female identifying woman who came to the office of her outpatient psychiatric provider a month after a hospitalization for a brief psychotic episode, later diagnosed as mania, that she believes was triggered by consuming a substantial amount of psilocybe cubensis mushrooms that she had taken recreationally. While she has a positive family history (father and paternal grandmother) of bipolar disorder, she herself had never had a manic episode or been diagnosed with bipolar disorder before this hospitalization.
Comparable studies
Other case reports and case series on psilocybin, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psilocybin Mushroom (Psilocybe semilanceata) Intoxication with Myocardial Infarction 18-year-old man | 1998 | Case study | n = 1 |
| Relief from intractable phantom pain by combining psilocybin and mirror visual-feedback (MVF) Person with leg amputation and phantom-limb pain | 2018 | Case study | n = 1 |
| Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder after psilocybin consumption: a case study 18-year-old man with HPPD after mixed psilocybin and cannabis intoxication | 2005 | Case study | n = 1 |
| Microdosing psilocybin for chronic pain: a case series Individuals with chronic neuropathic pain | 2022 | Case series | n = 3 |
| Psilocybin and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Individual with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | 2014 | Case study | n = 1 |
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