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Post Responses: Drug-Induced Psychosis

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                                    Post Responses: Drug-Induced Psychosis

                                                Post one

The post presents a clear illustration of the description of the psychosis that is substance-induced. The post presents facts that patients for this psychosis are regular in hospital admissions because of the use of hard drugs. As recommended by Sadock and Sadock (2007), this post explains that clinicians and medics should take an Oral Potent Antipsychotic first before proceeding to have injections for such patients. However, this post does not provide any supporting data on the prevalence of such aspects of substance-induced psychosis.

                                    Post Two

The introduction of this post focuses on the style of presentation rather than the introductory content. However, the post presents information on synthetic cathinones in a well illustrated and presented manner. The post comprehensively describes the prevalence of the synthetic cathinones in the area of the writer as a means of precipitating psychosis. As described by Gururajan (2012) this post further explains that they can be used in a variety of means such as injection and inhalation. The post is relevant because it approaches the situation presented by the psychosis in a practical manner. The post further describes the opinio2n and considerations of medics on the synthetic cathinones as well as their effectiveness on the condition.

                                    Post Three

This post describes the informative and interesting presentation, but the author takes a different perspective. The post evaluates the presentation as a focus on substances that are linked with drug induced psychosis. However, according to Gururajan (2012), it is the psychosis that is linked with drugs as the cause. However, the post further describes substance abuse as the cause for psychosis. Moreover, the post uses studies to validate the argument, which makes the information more relevant and verifiable.
                                                            References

Gururajan, A., Manning, E., Klug, M., & van den Buuse, M. (2012). Drugs of abuse and increased risk of psychosis development. Australian & New Zealand Journal Of Psychiatry, 46(12), 1120-1135. doi:10.1177/0004867412455232

Sadock, B. J., & Sadock, V. A. (2007). Synopsis of psychiatry. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.