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An episode of mania following self-reported ingestion of psilocybin mushrooms in a woman previously not diagnosed with bipolar disorder: A case report.

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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… Click to show full 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.

Keywords: disorder; bipolar disorder; diagnosed bipolar; woman; episode mania

Journal Title: Bipolar disorders
Year Published: 2021

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