amphetamine-induced psychotic disorder

a condition marked by paranoid delusions due to the direct physiological effects of an amphetamine or amphetamine-like substance. The delusions can continue as long as the use of these substances continues and might persist for weeks or months after withdrawal from the substances has been completed. Also called amphetamine psychosis.

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November 16th 2024

implicit causality

the property of verbs such that causality is implicit either in the agent or the patient of the verb.