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Chapter 35.Medical Toxicology

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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9781615371990.jl35

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Toxicology in Psychiatric Practice | Principles of Acute Exposure Management | Overdoses and Toxic Exposures | Toxidromes | Gulf War Syndrome | Blame-X Syndromes | Conclusion | References

Excerpt

Toxicology is the clinical specialty dedicated to caring for illnesses induced by exposure to exogenous compounds—that is, substances that are not naturally produced by the human body (also known as xenobiotics). This chapter focuses on the presentation, evaluation, and treatment of toxicology patients with particular relevance to psychiatric practice, including deliberate overdoses; surreptitious ingestions; accidental poisonings; environmental or occupational exposures to toxins causing neuropsychiatric symptoms; delirium; adverse drug reactions and interactions; and illnesses that represent feared or imagined toxic exposures.

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