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The British Journal of Psychiatry 161: 404-407 (1992)
© 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Psychotic illness following 'mabi bark tea' consumption

A Hassiotis and J Taylor
Whittington Hospital, Psychiatric Unit, Highgate Hill, London.

A first episode of psychosis occurred in a young woman of West Indian parentage and one of identical twins following a brief period of high consumption of a drink made from Colubrina plant extract (mabi bark). The course of the psychosis is described and possible underlying mechanisms and the relationship to amphetamine psychosis are discussed.